CaptionCall is a privately held company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Support centers and staff are located throughout the United States to provide friendly, personal help to our users.
What is a captioner job?
Real-time captioning is transcribing live events, audio or video. It is the most lucrative and the most demanding of all transcription jobs. Most often real-time transcriptionists work as court reporters, which is not a job that can be telecommuted.
How much do captioning agents make?
Captioning Agent Salaries
| Job Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| CaptionCall Captioning Agent salaries – 201 salaries reported | $12/hr |
| CaptionCall Captioning Agent salaries – 115 salaries reported | $12/hr |
| Stellar Relay Captioning Agent salaries – 6 salaries reported | $13/hr |
| Alorica Captioning Agent salaries – 4 salaries reported | $13/hr |
What is CaptionCall process?
Similar to captioned television, CaptionCall uses advanced technology and a communications assistant to quickly provide written captions of what callers say on a large, easy-to-read screen. It works like a regular telephone – simply dial and answer calls as usual – speak and listen using a phone handset like always.
Is CaptionCall a government agency?
Because CaptionCall is funded by a federal government program that is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), we are required to provide this information – and your consent – as part of the identity verification process for users of our phone captioning service.
Is CaptionCall a legitimate company?
CaptionCall is an FCC-authorized captioned telephone service provider and is compensated by the government for providing this service. No costs are passed on to qualified users.
How do you become a Captionist?
If you want to become a real-time captioner, many colleges and court reporting schools offer training and degrees. The National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) even offers a Certified Realtime Captioner certification, to increase the professionalism of this career path.
What’s the difference between a transcriptionist and a Captionist?
Transcriptionists capture English-language speech. Captioners capture spoken and sung English and use adjectives to describe mood music, i.e., (bright piano music), and use active verbs to describe atmospherics, i.e., (sings in foreign language).
What does CaptionCall pay in Texas?
CaptionCall Salary FAQs The average salary for a Captioning Agent is $12 per hour in Texas, which is 2% lower than the average CaptionCall salary of $12 per hour for this job.
What does CaptionCall pay per hour?
The average CaptionCall salary ranges from approximately $26,029 per year for a Communications Assistant to $82,664 per year for an Account Manager. The average CaptionCall hourly pay ranges from approximately $12 per hour for a Trainer to $17 per hour for a Scheduler.
Do you need a landline for CaptionCall?
Previously, you needed to have a landline or an internet connection to get captioned telephone service. But today, CaptionCall’s Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS), can provide captioned telephone service to people without internet.
How do captioning telephones work?
When a call is made, the captioned phone automatically connects to a Captioned Telephone Service (CTS). When the other person answers the phone, the caller hears whatever they say just like with a traditional telephone call.
What is an example of on-line captioning?
Examples of programming that utilizes on-line captioning are sporting events, newscasts, and other events that do not allow time to prepare off-line captions. (CART—Computer-Aided Real-time Translation—is on-line captioning shown on a screen projector at live events such as meetings and school activities.)
What are paint-on captions?
Paint-on captions are very similar to roll-up captions. Individual words are “painted on” from left to right, not popped on with all captions at once, and usually are verbatim. For more detailed captioning guidelines and definitions of captioning terms, check out the Captioning Key.
When did closed-captioning start?
During the late 1950s, only open-captioning was available. It was not until 20 years later that closed-captioning made its first debut. Several years later, other captioning techniques followed. What Are “Captions”?
