Speech-to-text services accommodate individuals who do not use sign language and cannot access auditory information. The captioners produce a text of the spoken information, which is then displayed to students on their electronic devices.

Students receive a transcript of the spoken content. However, transcripts are not shared with other students.

Types of Speech-to-Text services:

• The C-Print captioning types the lecture material in a “meaning-for-meaning” format, not verbatim.
• Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) provides a written, verbatim account of what is being said in the classroom.

Service request timeline

We require the following sufficient time to respond and make provisions for speech-to-text services.

• At least 2 days for one-time events and meetings

• At least 1 week for recurring classroom and multi-day events

Request for services or questions

Contact
Brandy Reinhardt 
Assistant Director of Interpreting and Communication Accessibility
Email: brandy.reinhardt@umontana.edu
Phone: 406-243-5136