FRIDAY
Light refreshments and snacks provided throughout the day

• 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Light Refreshments available
• 9:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Dictionary Development and Dictionary Maintenance:
    • Core dictionaries
    • Job dictionaries and what goes where?
    • Order of dictionary translation
    • What comes out of your dictionaries?
• Noon – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break – On Site (Bag Lunches Provided)
• 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Basics of Captioning:
    • Caption Format
    • Speaker IDs
    • Descriptors
    • Blanking and Forcing
    • Using Brief Forms and Phrases
    • Types of Programming
    • Displaying Credits
  • Introduction to Local News Programming:
    • Prepare for and Caption Local News Programming
    • Hands-On Simulation
    • Evaluation of Performance
    • How to Improve and Develop Skills

SATURDAY
Light refreshments and snacks provided throughout the day

• 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Light Refreshments available
• 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Introduction to Music Notes and Lyrics:
    When and How to Incorporate Music Notes into Captions
    • Defining Steno Strokes to Translate as Music Notes
    • Preparing Music as a Live Display File
  • Hands-On Simulation: Captioning Musical Performances, Evaluation of Performance; How to Improve
• 10:30 a.m. - Noon
  • Focusing on the Sports Programming:
    • General sports dictionary development
    • Style guides and caption formats
    • Research tools and Internet sites
    • Practical application and QC review
  • Hands-On Simulation: Perfecting Captioning Skills for Sports Programming
• Noon – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break – On Site (Bag Lunches Provided)
• 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Focusing on the Sports Programming (cont.)
• 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Introduction to Equipment
    • Explanation of Captioning Equipment Requirements
    • Demonstration of Audio/Video Setup
  • Recap and Review
  • Q&A

Working together to promote quality realtime captioning