asl Interpreters and Captionists

The Justin Dart, Jr. Student Accessibility Center employs American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters, and Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) captionists to coordinate communication access services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. These services are available for university sponsored activities such as classes, meetings, workshops, performances, and events.

Interpreters and CART captionists provide communication access to deaf and hard of hearing individuals at the University of Houston.

  • Sign language interpreters interpret between spoken English and sign language and often work in teams.
  • CART captionists are professionals who use software and a computer to translate spoken English into text.

Interpreting and Captioning Services Request Form

Request Interpreting and Captioning Services on Campus

Collaborating with Service Providers 

Procedures and best practices for working with deaf and hard of hearing students and communication access staff.

Documentation Requirements 

Documentation requirements to qualify for interpreting or captioning services.

Best Practices for Zoom and MS Teams

Participant options for access and best practices for hosts.

Captioning Your Media

The accessibility team provides information and resources for captioning your media.

Community Resources

Local community resources and services available for deaf and hard of hearing access.

FAQ's

Commonly asked questions about coordinating, providing, and requesting Interpreting & Captioning.