Faculty

Judy Brentano, RPR, FAPR, founder and president of EduCaption, Inc., developed and coordinated the first Local TV closed-captioning project in the Southeast in 1987, which expanded to include primetime news programming. An established CART provider, educator and trainer, Brentano served as NCRA's President and is former chair of the Realtime Certification Committee.

Heidi Thomas, RMR, CRR, CBC, FAPR, has been a court reporter since 1978 and a CART provider and captioner since 1989. Her broadcast captioning experience includes ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, and she was part of the captioning team for the 2000 Summer Olympics on MSNBC.

Lori Wanbaugh, RPR, CRR, owner of Real Captions, Inc., has been providing CART services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students for years. Her experience includes captioning the events of September 11, for a NYC station, medical/technical work for the National Institutes of Health, as well as Operation Desert Storm and the War with Iraq coverage.

Online training now available:
Realtime Fitness Online www.realtimefitnessonline.com 

CART Training – 4-week course

• The CART environment
• The CART Provider's Manual
• Set up and display
• Remote CART services
• Glossary preparation
• Writing exercises
• Self-Evaluation Process
• Fundamentals of Remote CART
• Audio acquisition
• Understanding streaming platforms
• Serial IP and beyond
• Writing without seeing

You must be a proficient realtime writer with a thorough knowledge of CAT software.

Broadcast Captioning Training

• Principles of captioning
• General broadcast production and News
• Proper show preparation
• Realtime Accuracy Self-Evaluation
• Job dictionary development
• Writing exercises
• Home Study Writing Assignment (4 weeks) + Test

Psychology + Writing One Topic Content

• Thinking outside the box
• One topic – weather programming
• Developing a brief form theory
• Research and preparation
• Realtime Accuracy Self Evaluation
• Writing exercises
• Home Study Writing Assignment (4 weeks) + Test

Captioning Toolbox  - Lecture

• Dictionary management
• Proper number translation
• NCRA Style Guidelines Review
• Finger spelling, punctuation and alphabets

Equipment, Shopping, Music, Sports

• Equipment organization and setup
• Programming – shopping
• Captioning music
• Sports captioning – golf
• Home Study Writing Assignment (3 weeks) + Test

You must be a proficient realtime writer with a thorough knowledge of CAT software.

RPR is a minimum certification requirement.

CAPTION MASTERS gets high marks for a thorough
and unique training approach!

JUST ASK OUR STUDENTS!

"I wanted to let you know how much more aware I am of my writing now. I've been working on my prefixes and suffixes. This has been quite a learning experience for me, a much needed shot in the arm."

"Thanks for all your time and effort you all have put into this course. I feel like I have learned a lot, and still have a lot to learn. I'm anxious to continue with this endeavor. I'd love to be a captioner!"

" I've really enjoyed this, and hope to get the chance to actually work in captioning some day, hopefully sooner than later. Thank you for all your help, time and effort you all have put into this program."