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So, I have one more thing to add. I think that the term "Bluetooth" can be deceiving. My understanding of the technology is that Bluetooth is more of an umbrella term that encompasses a range of connection and transmission possibilities. It's like saying a farmer raises "Livestock" but they might raise ...

Sharon, I think that the link you provided includes an extra component that makes it unusable. If I teased it apart correctly, however, it points to the ListenIR iDSP Level I System (https://www.listentech.com/shop/product/listenir-transmitterradiator-combo-assistive-listening-system/). These ...

If you don't mind me asking, how many loops do you currently have installed on your campus? We do not have loops. We have a number of LISTEN IR systems installed in our larger classroom spaces. The IT/AV department manages and maintains them. I have a number of the receivers for these systems available ...

This is useful information. I just helped a student group remediate a presentation made from Canva and I ended up recreating the whole thing in PowerPoint (to fix both layout and color contrast issues). They sent me a PDF that they saved directly from Canva and it was awful. It looks like there are ...

I would ask any vendor you work with: Is this human-assisted ASR or is this human captioning? There is at least one vendor out there that calls their human-assisted ASR "CART". Have they provided live captioning for graduations before? If so, how did they handle student names? What is their cancellation ...

Laura, Automatic captioning is not yet accurate enough to rise to the level of accommodation - especially in situations such as graduations where there are names that can easily be misinterpreted. I recommend looking for a CART provider. Many organizations are able to provide captioning for graduations ...