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Most Important Variables for a CART Captioner
Susan Hahaj, RPR, CRC, from Texas believes that success in providing CART is accomplished through a mix of professionalism and an inner desire to make a difference to the consumers you are serving. To Hahaj, professionalism means that you have "done your homework" before you arrive in that classroom or at a conference and hook up your equipment for the consumer. You've obtained textbooks and infor…
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Captioning
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Why Providing CART Is Fulfilling
By Mary DeMattina
After working for 13 years as a freelance court reporter in Lexington, Ky., I realized that I wanted to do something more fulfilling. I left the profession and worked for three years in a very creative field that I loved, teaching music and visual arts. This past November, I had to leave that position due to chronic health problems associated with an allergic reaction to somethin…
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Captioning
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Accommodation: A New Form of Communication
Once upon a time, a deaf person who was a lip-reader would not even consider going to a public event because they would miss so much. Since they don't speak American Sign Language, an ASL interpreter did not help this population of deaf people. Now one of the most exciting things happening in our culture today is provision of access in public settings to people who are deaf and hard of hearing via…
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Captioning
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Working With Sign Interpreters
By Gary D. Robson
Unfortunately, there's often an antagonistic or competitive relationship between sign interpreters and reporters doing CART or captioning. Generally, this stems from a lack of understanding on both sides. The solution, as in so many other cases, is education.
Why Are We There?
This is the first question you and the interpreter need to ask yourselves. At a fundamental level, you b…
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Broadcast and CART Captioners, Captioning
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Captioning Corner: How Do I Get Started in Captioning?
By Deanna Baker
I was recently asked, "What is the best way to start a career in captioning?"
That's a question that would take volumes to answer, but I'll try to do the best I can, though, in this short space.
First off, watch captions as often as possible. Educate yourself as to the difference between realtime captions (live) versus offline captioning (prescripted). Watch with the mute on an…
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Captioning, Employment Opportunities
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Captioning Corner: What employment opportunities are at 130?
By Deanna Baker
There would be other things besides offline captioning you could use your skills for. Offline captioning really doesn't have anything to do with steno writing except possibly as a word processor making a transcript, if needed. And then much more is involved than transcribing, such as grammar skills, editing skills, understanding the audience, etc. Otherwise, it's all computer work.…
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Captioning, Employment Opportunities
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Captioning Corner: Scripting
By Deanna Baker
Does my captioning software have to be able to do scripting? Is that part of a realtime captioner's job?
The term "scripting" may be confusing in the captioning profession. Most people think of scripting as someone reading from text, which in the captioning world is not the case. You may run across this version of scripts if you're captioning a graduation ceremony or acceptance sp…
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Captioning
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Captioning Corner: How Do You Get Experience?
By Deanna Baker
Here is an age-old question: How do you get experience when only experienced people are hired?
A soon-to-be captioner can do many things to prepare for captioning local news. One obvious answer is to attend one of the many captioning training seminars to get hands-on guidance from experienced captioners and to learn more about writing styles, format, hardware, and software.
Even o…
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Captioning
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Captioning Corner: The Importance of Backup Equipment for Captioners
By Deanna Baker
I keep hearing about having "backup equipment" in my captioning home office. What exactly does that mean?
Excellent question! This could have various meanings depending on the captioning company standards, but here is a list of basics. I would categorize these items as the backups you would need to successfully go on air should any of your usual equipment fail. For instance, if you…
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Captioning
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