Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Thank you for visiting PEPNet's Frequently Asked Questions. We hope that these general responses to your most frequent inquiries will be helpful. For a more detailed response to a specific inquiry or situation contact the Outreach Specialist for your state.
What responsibility does a school have for getting uncaptioned video clips captioned?- Are there other ways to make media presentations accessible?
- What legal issues must be considered when adding captions to videos being shown in the classroom?
- Doesn't the Fair Use Law allow educational institutions to make multimedia content accessible by adding captions?
- How do the copyright laws apply to video clips found on the internet, such as YouTube?
- An incoming student majoring in a health sciences program needs a stethoscope. Who is responsible for purchasing an amplified stethoscope, and how will the instructor know that the student is accurately reporting information and describing sounds?
- Must a college or university provide an interpreter for study abroad programs?
- Are colleges/universities responsible for providing interpreting services for individuals other than students, such as parents or people from the community who are deaf?
- Can the office of disability support services at a postsecondary institution cancel interpreting or speech-to-text services because of excessive student absences? Is it appropriate to continue to pay for services that are not being used?
- The student communicates fine with me in my office; why does he need a sign language interpreter for class?
- Why do some students with cochlear implants request accommodations and others do not?
- A student is complaining about an FM system. I don't wear hearing aids. How do I test the system?
- Is it ever appropriate to have both Speech-to-Text Services and Interpreting in one class for one student?
- What is speech- to- text? What is the difference between CART, C-Print, and TypeWell?
- When do I need to hire a team of interpreters?
