LIVE CAPTIONING SERVICES

Live captioning is the process of creating captions live for programs that are either broadcast live or are produced too late to be captioned offline. Live captioning combines the skills of a court reporter with computer technology. Skilled professionals using court stenographic techniques and with typing/transcribing speed of about 250 words per minute perform live captioning services. They transcribe words as they are spoken, producing captions that are broadcast simultaneously with the live event or program. The lag time between the spoken word and the caption is one to five seconds. The captions are not always verbatim transcripts, but they do closely approximate the verbal message.

Live caption lines are fed from the caption-creation site to the client’s encoding site. Since the captions are encoded as part of the electronic signal, a closed-captioned program may be transmitted in any form: over-the-air broadcast, satellite, cable, videocassette or videodisc.

Transcription Company.Co.UK has provided live captioning services for news, sports, talk shows, distance learning and religious programming, as well as for events such as conventions, seminars, university lectures etc.

We are experienced in all areas of live captioning, including captioning of live webcasts. We can create captions (in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish) for webcasts in the following formats:

• Windows Media
• Real
• Flash
• Quick Time

Transcription Capmpany.Co.UK is proud of its leading position in the UK closed captioning industry. Our approach to all closed-captioning projects, large or small, is flexible, and we make certain to discuss all options with our clients (live vs. offline captioning, turnaround requirements, technical requirements such as multiple feeds etc.) in order to provide the best quality service captioning service at the most cost-effective rate.