Item 10 - Agreements with Accent on Languages, Inc., Mente, Inc. dba Cesar Vargas and Assoc.

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CITY OF SANTA ANA 6. Consultant should be able to provide captioning at the average rate between 225 to 250 words per minute for events and projects. 7. Captions will coincide with their corresponding spoken words and sounds to the greatest extent possible and must be displayed on the screen at a speed that can be read by viewers. 8. Captions shall match the spoken words in the dialogue and convey background noises and other sounds to the fullest extent possible. Consultant may not paraphrase; and must use proper spelling, spacing between words, capitalization, and punctuation. 9. Captions will run from the beginning to end of the program. 10. Although there may be a slight delay in the delivery of captions for live real-time events, the delay in presentation of live captions should be kept to a minimum, consistent with an accurate presentation of what is being said and the overall goal of ensuring that captions enable viewers to follow the event. 11. Consultant must provide a high -degree of accuracy in captioning services; both events and projects. Accuracy rate must be 95 percent or greater. Near -flawless accuracy is of the upmost importance. The quality of information that is provided must be of equal quality to that offered to people without disabilities. 12. Consultant is not authorized to use speech recognition or computer captioning software in fulfilling live, real-time events. 13. Consultant staff providing live, real-time captioning services must hold a current certification from Certified CART Providers or Certified Broadcast Captioners. 14. Consultant will provide, at no additional charge, an unedited captioning transcript which will be ready for download by the City the following business day after conclusion of live real-time events. 15. Consultant will provide edited caption transcripts in an accepted file format. Edited caption transcripts and files must be completed and delivered to the City within five (5) business days of a live real-time captioning and pre-recorded project work. 16. Unedited and edited transcripts will be provided to the City, upon request, up to one (1) year after the date of the event at no additional cost. 17. Unedited and edited caption transcripts must be in the English language. F. Additional Requirements 1. Interpreters shall attend meetings in person located throughout the City when translation services are requested. Vendor must guarantee attendance with less than 24-hour notice. 2. The City may cancel previously scheduled or requested interpreter assignments without fee or penalty with at least a three (3)-hour advance notification. 3. Interpreters shall be available to provide services 24 hours, 365 days per year. Holiday availability is preferred as emergencies may arise. RFP 24-022A City of Santa Ana Page 22 of 51