Transcript Caption Colorado

Service Delivery Options
for Meeting Rural Needs:
Thinking Outside the Box
Caption Colorado
Remote Captioning and what it can
mean for Rural or Remote access
From a California teacher
Many of my students have
commented on the helpfulness
of having streaming text in real
time of the lecture.
- J. Marso, Grossmont College
About Caption Colorado
• Nation’s largest provider of captioning
• Captioning since 1991
• Full service including Captioning, Text
Streaming, Transcription, Post-Production
• 150+ Realtime Captioners
• 50+ Offline Transcribers
• Annually: 150,000 Realtime Hours
• Daily: 500 Shows, Events, Calls, Classes
Caption Colorado
Known for Realtime Captioning
RCC – Conference Call Captioning
Free captioning is available in several states for phone
calls, conference calls, online meetings, Webcasts and
other “remote” events. Provided through State Relay:
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North Carolina
Arkansas
Tennessee
New Jersey
Federal Relay
Hawaii
www.ncrelaycc.com
www.arkansasrcc.com
www.tnrelaycc.com
www.njrelaycc.com
www.fedrcc.us
www.hawaiirelay.com Coming soon
What it takes to make it happen
Audio
– Audio bridge to a phone jack
– USB Wireless microphone (VoIP)
– Cellular phone
Internet or Mobile Device
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Low Bandwidth: no high-speed required
Laptop or PC: no special software
Projector and laptop combination
Blackberry
Smart phone
Delivery Possibilities
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Any Internet-connected PC or Laptop
Blackberry
Smart Phone
TV
Online Meeting and Webcast
Stadium Scoreboard
Videotape
DVD
Web Videos (Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, Flash)
Remote Realtime
Captioning In Action
Each viewer can change:
Font Color, Font Size
Background Color
Highlighted New Text
Speed of Delivery
Resizable Window
Two Way Service
Dialogue
between the
student and
their instructor
or cohorts
Voiced by the
captioner
Instant Transcript
Save to your
desktop
immediately after
event concludes
Save transcript
as text file or
Web page
Distribute, share,
post online –
unlimited
possibilities
Collaborative Tools
Caption Colorado is the preferred captioning
provider for:
• WebEx
• Wimba
• Adobe Connect
• Microsoft Live Meeting
• Elluminate
• EventBuilder
• Centra
• Polycom
Integrated captioning with WebEx
Integrated captioning
with Adobe Connect
Integrated
captioning
Wimba
Captioning integrated
inside Wimba
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Interpreter
Captioner
The interpreter “window” can be moved to a variety of locations on the
computer screen to be able to see the PowerPoint slides. Also, this
window can be minimized or cancelled if necessary by the participant
(not the instructor).
Advantages of Remote Realtime
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Anywhere, anytime Availability
Multiple Delivery Possibilities
Complete back-up and redundancy
Short notice scheduling and online ordering
Full Technical Support
Subject Matter Expertise
Transparency
Simultaneous viewing by multiple participants
Remote Classroom monitoring
Instant Transcript available for all students,
parents, administrators
Contact Us
Caption Colorado
- Randy Holyfield
- Troy Greenwood
www.captioncolorado.com
www.captionedtext.com
For more information:
[email protected]
800.775.7838
From an award-winning instructor
I recommend Caption Colorado to anyone
needing real-time captioning but
especially to anyone new to working with
this technology because their staff is
ready to help you get set up step-bystep. Thank you Caption Colorado for
helping me provide this important,
dynamic aspect to my teaching.
– J. Marso, Grossmont-Cuyamaca, CA
Innovator of the Year for 2007-2008 School Year