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Making Presentations Accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Making Presentations Accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. What to consider. Visibility Sound Captioning Interpreters Pacing. Visibility . Well lit room Preferred seating, usually in front of the speaker and interpreter Well lit where interpreter and presenter stand Windows.

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Making Presentations Accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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  1. Making Presentations Accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  2. What to consider • Visibility • Sound • Captioning • Interpreters • Pacing

  3. Visibility • Well lit room • Preferred seating, usually in front of the speaker and interpreter • Well lit where interpreter and presenter stand • Windows

  4. Sound • Good acoustics • Auxiliary sound system • Background noise • Provide Assistive Listening Devices • Wireless lapel microphones • Mics for the audience when speaking- or repeat

  5. Captioning (CART) • Real time captioning • Remote captioning • Position screen next to speaker and presentation screen • Reliable and sufficient bandwidth for transferring audio • Captioned videos

  6. Interpreters • Include in number of participants • Qualified • Use the communication style preferred • 2 interpreters if meeting is longer than 2 hours

  7. Pacing • Don’t speak too fast • Monitor modulation • Face the audience

  8. Other • Arrange seats in a circle for smaller discussion groups. • Have notes available or have a staff member or volunteer available to take notes

  9. Resources • Educational Resources Information Center, Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings: An ERIC/OSEP Information Brief for Conference Planners, on the web at http://ericec.org/digests/e735.html • Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Technical Assistance Project, Arranging Accessible Meetings, on the web at http://www.resna.org/tap/tapbull/tapaug.htm • Web Accessibility Initiative How to make a Presentation Accessible to All on the web at http://www.w3.org/WAI/training/accessible

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