As of July 1, 2026, due to funding cuts, DAC can no longer manage the scheduling of Captioning and ASL services.
The office of Disability Access and compliance (DAC) does still provides event consultation on request for the campus community. Please visit our Planning for Accessible Events to learn more about how to plan accessible events, required language for all advertising, what an access coordinator is, when we are able to provide reimbursement for these services, and read about our accessible communications guidelines, recommendations, and best practices.
The most common accommodation services event organizers need to arrange for are in-person American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreting or Video Remote Interpretation* and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART- colloquially called captioning). For post-event media to be shared online, event organizers will need to ensure the media is captioned. Your department may create their own PO to request these services directly with the vendor (Instructions link), and/or reach out to Event Services for support.
Note: If you are looking for these services for a student enrolled in a course at U.C. Berkeley to access the academic program, please have the student request them as a reasonable academic accommodation from their Disabled Students Program (DSP) specialist.
*Video Remote Interpretation (VRI) is an alternative solution to on-site interpreting especially in remote areas where an interpreter cannot be physically present in the same room as the consumer needing the service. Where appropriate you may utilize VRI to provide communications access.
