Members of NCRA’s Captioning Committee offer this peek into the variety of work assignments. Their stories share a beautiful thread: Every day can bring a…
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Channel KXLY.com, Spokane, Wash., reported on Dec. 31 that beginning Jan. 1, movie theaters will be required to offer more screenings with open captions. Read more.
By Jill Parker Landsman The National Court Reporters Foundation was proud to sponsor CART captioning for the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard…
Starting Oct. 1, NCRA is making changes to earn your Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC) credential! Under the new requirements, candidates will simply need to pass…
What happens when your captioning assignment puts you face-to-face with Hollywood’s next generation of stars? Just ask Tina Dillon, RPR, CRR, CRC, a CART captioner…
NCRA’s series On Assignment asks members about some of their favorite jobs. Linda Harrison, RDR, CRR, CRC, a CART and broadcast captioner from Manville, R.I.,…
In Compliance reported on Oct. 15 that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has issued new rules that require interoperable video conferencing services (IVCS) and platforms…
Stanley Sakai, a captioner from Jersey City, N.J., started his career in stenography as a pen writer. Yes, a pen writer. From captioning Ariana Grande…
By Carol Naughton In a world where communication is paramount, accessibility can often be taken for granted or, worse, overlooked. However, for the past decade…
Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to address the cost of visitation phone and video calls, according to a July 18 press release…
Among Washington state’s 34 public community and technical colleges, Green River College (GRC) in Auburn is the only school to boast its own captioner. Creating…
By Amy Doman As the first recipient of the Court to CART Grant from the National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF), I am happy to report…
StenoCaptions, LLC, captioner Emily Nicholson, RPR, an NCRA member from Staten Island, N.Y., was featured on CBS Mornings during a segment with U.S. Senator John Fetterman of…
CBS Sunday Morning aired a story on March 10 exploring the popularity of captions, including why more people have them turned on and what impact…
The Watertown News, Watertown, Mass., reported on Jan. 30 that the City Council recently unanimously approved an ordinance that requires publicly placed televisions to have closed captioning…
A Jan. 16 article in The Guardian entitled Get the joke: how live captioning lets more comedy fans enjoy every punchline featured veteran stenographer, court reporter, and NCRA member…
A January 2024 Upworthy article reported that a recent study found that more than half of Gen Z and Millennials prefer captions on when watching television. Read…
On Jan. 16 the Los Angeles Times published a series of letters to the editor from the hard-of-hearing community advocating for and supporting captioning for movie theatres and television shows. Read…
A Jan. 16 article in The Guardian entitled Get the joke: how live captioning lets more comedy fans enjoy every punchline profiled veteran stenographer and court reporter Claire…
The ordinance states that closed captioning is required to be activated on public televisions during business hours only and doesn’t have to be on every…