Stenograph University - Captioning I

Prerequisites
Demonstrate realtime shorthand writing performance of 225 wpm or higher with 95% or greater accuracy.

Course contents

Author

Chris Crosgrove
Caption Colorado, L.L.C.
Manager of Recruiting and Training

Evaluations:

One 30-minute personalized writing skills evaluation

This course is designed to provide a basic overview of captioning, including the characteristics of effective captioners, offline captioning, dictionary management, script file preparation and more.

> The course begins with a personalized writing skills evaluation of your current shorthand realtime writing skills. The evaluation is provided by the author's evaluation team.

You then progress through modules designed to provide an understanding of the functions and obligations of the broadcast captioner, the captioning industry, and the ON-AIR environment.

> The course also includes over 12,000 specialized terms in nine topical areas that most broadcast news captioners require. This resource forms the basis of your working ON-AIR dictionary.

Lesson Units:

• So you want to be a captioner
• How to construct dictionaries to minimize their size
• Dictionary maintenance
• How and why to "Edit-on-the-fly"
• Captioning employment
• How to create briefs in captioning
• Offline captioning
• How to prepare a show
• What to do in case of emergency
• Briefs and dictionary lists

Dictionary Lists:

Politics, geography, names in the news, sports, food, weather, current events and more.

Access time
Fourteen calendar days from first date of use.

CEUs
3.0 CEUs

Course price
$325.00
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Additional requirements
Appropriate captioning or CAT (computer assisted translation) software and stenowriter. See description.

Who benefits from this course
Graduate machine shorthand writing professionals who write realtime and are seeking to acquire the skills necessary to perform as a broadcast closed captioner.