On Tuesday, Dec. 10, NCRA executive director & CEO Jim Cudahy, CAE, NCRA assistant director of government relations Adam Finkel, government relations specialist Brandon Schall,…
Posts published in “Captioning”
Cheryl and Jim Korn explained how being able to use closed captioning equipment in movie theaters has improved their lives in a Dec. 15 article…
NCRA member and owner of Sworn Testimony, PLLC, Lisa Schwarze, RPR, was featured in a recent article that showcases her hidden but important role. Schwarze…
Since broadcast captioning became a critical and expected service in this country, solutions related to captioning quality metrics have been elusive and NCRA, captioners, captioning…
National Court Reporters Association has launched a new campaign to increase awareness of captions and advocate for the increased need for accurate, understandable, and timely…
Northern Illinois University students with hearing impairments will now be able to access closed captions of live events on campus through a university website, according…
The work of Kelly Schindele, RMR , CRR, is appreciated “by many,” according to a Nov. 8 article in the Wenatchee (Wash.) World. Schindele captions…
NCRA’s Board of Directors addressed a number of issues when it met Nov. 8-9 in Vienna, Va. The board received updates on the Vision for…
On Nov. 5, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in an effort to…
Miracom, producer of the InnoCaption mobile communications app for the deaf and hard of hearing, is seeking approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to…
An article in the Oct. 21 Diamondback, a student newspaper run by the University of Maryland, reported that the National Association of the Deaf and…
The Republic/azcentral.com reported Oct. 16 that the Arizona Cardinals and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will provide text captioning on video boards to accommodate…
EDUCATION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO COURT REPORTERS For many reporters, NCRA’s Convention & Expo is not only a great way to catch up with colleagues…
The Hearing Loss Association of America and the Disability Rights Advocates announced in a press release that AMC Theatres has agreed to improve access to…
On Oct. 1, the Idaho Statesman published an article featuring the work of NCRA members Lori Pulsifer, RDR, CRR, and Dianne Tucker Cromwell, RDR, both…
On Sept. 11, NCRA’s government relations team attended the Maryland Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Council Meeting held in Baltimore,…
In this age of social media, it doesn’t take long for a captioning blooper to be tweeted, Facebooked, or turned into a viral video, much…
JARGON ALERT CART: Communication Access Realtime Translation CAT: computer-aided transcription IPRS: Intersteno Parliamentary and other professional Reporters’ Section STTR: speech-to-text reporter Never did I imagine…
A May 28 piece on NPR Labs examined a NPR team’s plan to bring radio to people with hearing loss. The project, dubbed “Breaking the…
Following the fires in Denver in June, Monument, Colo., resident Walter Von- Feldt called for increased use of sign language and closed captioning for people…