By David Ward Because concentration is paramount for their job, court reporters don’t like disruptions — and that often extends to the equipment and other…
Posts published in “Captioning”
On March 15, Adam Finkel, NCRA Director of Government Relations, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a report filed by the…
Broadcasting & Cable posted an article on March 9 about the leeway that live programmers will have with online captioning requirements when the FCC launches…
The JCR Awards were created as a way to highlight the innovative and forward-thinking practices of NCRA members and to recognize how court reporters, captioners,…
The Takeaway interviewed NCRA member Amy Bowlen, RDR, CRR, CRC, a broadcast captioner from Imperial, Pa., and manager of training at VITAC, on March 3…
By Megan Rogers It’s difficult to determine exactly how many people in the United States are deaf-blind because the definition for deaf-blind varies from person…
On Feb. 18, Davis Wright Tremaine, a legal services firm based in Seattle, Wash., commented on where the responsibility lies for the FCC’s closed captioning…
NCRA President Steve Zinone, RPR, an official court reporter from Pittsfield, N.Y., presented a keynote speech to students, faculty, guests, and online students at Cuyahoga…
For most people, the only stress associated with the Super Bowl is whether their team wins or loses. However, for Paula Arispe, RPR, Octavia Brandenburg,…
On Feb. 14, CBS affiliate channel 12 in Palm Beach County, Fla., aired a story that features an interview with NCRA member Christine Phipps, RPR,…
Join the growing number of state court reporting associations and court reporting programs that have already put plans in place to mark the 2016 Court…
In 2014, a coalition of concerned citizens called Portland: Turn on the Captions Now brought the issue of local businesses not turning the captions on…
The Hearing Loss Association of America – Kansas City Chapter has launched the Kansas: Open Caption Initiatives and Kansas: Turn On the TV Captions Now…
In a press release issued Jan. 26, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), a non-profit civil rights organization, announced that it has partnered with…
On Jan. 26, the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund announced that it will award $723,500 in grants to seven innovative projects designed to advance accessibility to broadcasting content…
An article posted Jan. 22 on Microsoft’s Accessibility Blog reported that on Jan. 8, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the 67th…
On Jan. 21, North Carolina State University posted on its blog that it has established a captioning grant to assist faculty in creating accessible videos.…
An article posted on Mashable.com on Jan. 26 notes that Google Glass’s presence on Twitter and Facebook has disappeared. According to the article, Google has…
Whether attending the live workshop at the annual convention or taking the e-seminar now available for the new Certified Realtime Captioner certification, NCRA members can…