Step 1: Determine if ASL Interpreting Services and/or CART will be needed
Visit Guidelines for CART and ASL Interpreting to determine whether ASL Interpreting services and/or CART services will be needed.
Step 2: Contact your vendor
American Sign Language Interpreting
There are several area service providers for American Sign Language Interpreting, including:
Aurora of CNY
- www.auroraofcny.org
- 518 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203
- (315) 422-7263
- auroracny@auroraofcny.org
- www.auroraofcny.org
Empire
- www.empireinterpreting.com
- 220 S Warren St., Suite 1001, Syracuse, NY 13202
- (315) 472-1383
- info@empireinterpreting.com
- www.empireinterpreting.com
Whole Me, Inc.
- wholemeinc.com
- 1015 State Fair Blvd, Syracuse, NY 13209
- (315) 468-3275
- interpreting@wholemeinc.com
CART, or Communication Access Realtime Translation
NOTE: All CART providers listed below work remotely and can provide services for both in-person or virtual events (See Web Conferencing Comparison page to determine whether your video platform supports live captions)
Automatic Sync Technologies/CaptionSync (fulfilled by Alternative Communication Services)
- How to Request Live Captioning
- General Questions: info@automaticsync.com or 877-278-7962
- Technical Support: support@automaticsync.com
Caption Advantage, LLC
- t (local): 315-492-0069
- t (toll-free): 877-227-2382
- f: 315-492-1426
- CaptionAdv@aol.com
Professional Reporting Services
Step 3: Location Arrangements
- Consult the CART Equipped Spaces page to be sure your event location supports CART
- Notify the event space and/or Learning Environments and Media Production (LEMP) that you have booked ASL/CART services