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Realtime Captioning Department at VITAC Closed Captioning. We're hiring captioners! Message with any questions!

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Wondering how to design a more accessible game? This article provides guidelines to follow for making your game #accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing. #AccessibilityForAll #CaptionEverything #inclusion
Read more: https://t.co/gxvlEk7eml

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Our Greenwood Village office recently renamed its conference, board, demo, and training rooms to honor pioneers and noteworthy members of the DHOH community. Read why we named one after Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, educator, scientist, and engineer: https://t.co/Js1mXb0mw8

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Gamers w/ disabilities get the spotlight on @Twitch courtesy of @AbleGamers who also helped test new cc feature: https://t.co/skqthXhYB8

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"Excellent customer service. We will be using VITAC for more projects in the future."
#MotivationMonday for the win!

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"My favorite part about working in Realtime is knowing that I’m providing a service for people." -VITAC Realtime Production Coordinator

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While there are still plenty of #OlympicMoments left, we want to thank our Realtime staff for their hard work: https://t.co/6uu0W03M6s

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VITAC’s realtime captioning solution includes over 150 of the best captioners in the business.

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"Captioning is a bit like a musician playing 'Flight of the Bumblebee.'
We need to capture every word at very high speeds." - VITAC RC

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@JoeXJobseeker some info on our website https://t.co/Cyza4cCWWN OL captioners are transcribers and RT captioners are steno captioners

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@liiiisa17 Nothing scheduled as of right now... stay tuned to our website!

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"Captioning is challenging in the aspect of live television is just that, “live.” -VITAC RC

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Only 3 days until The 2016 Olympic Games open in Rio! We're getting ready, are you? https://t.co/qH2yexVypb

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At VITAC, we currently produce more than 300,000 hours of realtime captions per year – that’s about 6,000 hours per week.

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The average person talks at least 180 wpm (words per minute) and our real-time captioners caption on average 250 wpm.

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Our RCs must be well-versed in sports, news, and current events and have tons of entries relating to each in their captioning dictionaries.

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Broadcast captioners work the hours of the broadcast industry. It is a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, 365-day-a-year business.

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"My favorite part about being an RC is knowing I have a skill that helps the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. That is gratifying."

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"We have to remain calm and under control no matter what the circumstance, keeping up with the very fast-paced content." -VITAC RC

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Attending a captioning boot camp can give you an edge in your effort to stand out among other candidates! #RC #work

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Captioning is a very specialized segment of the field and demands the best of skills: speed, accuracy, and knowledge in TV-related areas.