Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The contractor shall provide a qualified remote or onsite transcriber/captioner who meets the requirements specified under Section IV.F (General Requirements) to attend each assignment with an assigned user of the service. The contractor is responsible for providing a substitute if scheduled transcriber is unavailable. The contractor shall communicate with the ADS office or OHR five (5) days in advance of the scheduled assignment if a substitute has not been secured. Depending on the length and/or complexity, the assignment may require two (2) transcribers to work as a team. 2. The contractor shall furnish all necessary equipment for onsite assignments. 3. Transcribers/captioners should be experienced working with postsecondary students and/or faculty who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing and should have experience in the course and/or educational level (e.g., undergraduate or graduate) to help assure quality of transcription services. 4. Only assignments that are requested or approved by the ADS office or the OHR shall be paid under this contract. A student or faculty/staff member may express their request of a preferred transcriber to ADS or OHR, but the transcriber must be given the assignment through the contracting agency with the request first being made through ADS or OHR. 5. The contractor must have at least two (2) qualified transcribers within a 45-mile radius of the University. (Identify these transcribers on Exhibit L, Key Personnel.) 6. If requested, within forty-eight (48) hours following an assignment, the edited notes from the event shall be sent electronically to the requesting party. The edited text becomes the property of Towson University. 7. Qualified transcribers identified in Exhibit L must be in trained in TypeWell or CART.