Attendees will be introduced to all areas of broadcast captioning. Once registration has been completed, you will be emailed a 26-step process to prepare your dictionary before class. The goal is to write consistent and clean with little or no hesitation. 

Topics Covered on Day 1 - June 13th

8:30 am - 5:30 pm - 1hr lunch & 2 breaks

• Intro to captioning
• Laws of Captioning
• Career Opportunites
• Captioning numbers rules
• Captioning Weather Terminolgy
• Captioning height and measurements
• Captioning Money
• Sports Writing and Prep Material
• Practice tips and concentration
• Finger Spelling drills
• On-air editing/Paraphrasing
• Homophones
• Punctiation Dos and Don'ts
• Using Smart Briefs
• Rules for Writing profanity

Topics Covered on Day 2 - June 14th

8:30 am - 3:30 pm - 1 hr lunch & 1 break



• Loading/Sending Script
• Captioning to Music
• Equipment Needed
• Easy Home Office Set-up
• Marketing Opportunities
• On-site C.A.R.T. and set-up
• Remote C.A.R.T. and set-up
• Captioning live on YouTube
• Streaming live Captioning
• Writing through Encoders
• Text on Top
• Captioning on cruise ships
• Trouble shooting with MC
• Offline Captioning
• Business Certificiations