Surfin' the Site

It's a monster site, Dude. There's lots of information for the new captioner, for the veteran captioner, for the financial officer, and for the technically minded.

You can pick a starting topic and surf from link to link or use our tree index to zero in on a particular interest.

Where to Start Surfing

Getting Started

What kinds of captioning are there?
What's the captioning process?

Captioners

Reasons to buy
   The right tools
   Working with video files
   Making caption assets for DVD
   Data recovery
   Some US closed captioning regulations

Cost issues

So, Dude, what's it cost?
   Financial analysis of a captioning enterprise using AutoCaption3.
   Cut reoccurring costs with AutoCaption3
   Where's the free software?

Technical

What sort of hardware do I need?
   How is that hardware hooked up for captioning?
   Types of captioning
   NLEs and AutoCaption3
   Free remote encoding module
   Links to closed caption inserter vendors
   Technical support
   What about upgrades?

A bunch of little things to make your visit pleasant

Here are a few tips to make your visit more efficient:

Every page has links leading to topics you'll probably want to read next.
Atthe bottom of every page is the same simple navigation bar to hop to key sections or back to the home page.
Ifyou want to jump to your specific interest without wading through a bunch of pages, we have a complete site map that works like your computer browser.
Youmay have to scroll up or down to read a page, but you'll never need to scroll to the right or left.

You'll also find basic information on captioning, subtitling, or starting your own closed captioning business.

There are lots of numbers, diagrams and links to help you get the facts.

Now, let's get started. Pick a topic that interests you, or ditch your tour guide and go straight to the site map.

Oh yes, if you don't see what you're looking for - Contact us by phone or email.