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Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning

Learn the best practices for in-house closed captioning, including traditional workflows, caption encoders, time codes, captioned masters, telephone line modems, and more. Discover software and hardware options for captioning, as well as tips for accuracy and efficiency.

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Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning

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  1. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning Hosted by the production Council

  2. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning Gary Blievernicht WKARMichigan State University

  3. Traditional Workflow Caption Encoder Time code A/V source Captioned Master Time code 1994

  4. Traditional Workflow Caption Encoder A/V source Captioned Master Telephone line Modem

  5. Traditional Workflow Caption Encoder A/V source Captioned Master Telephone line Modem

  6. with Cove Caption Encoder A/V source Captioned Master Telephone line Modem PBS Cove .mp4 CC Extractor Subtitle Edit .sami

  7. Live (near live) Cove Caption Encoder A/V source Telephone line Modem PBS Cove .xml Subtitle Edit .xml .mp4

  8. Avid edit Nexio .mxf .mp4 .aaf .scc .mcc .xml “Ingest” server .mp4 .mp4 .txt macCaption Transcription PBS Cove

  9. Sony XDCAM Signal Flow Omneon Nexio Amp HDSDI HDSDI Scc or mcc Utah Scientific Routing & MCR 1080i to 720p 608 to 708 Evertz Mini-MCR Tandberg HD (or SD) encoder Tandberg mux Miranda XVP-3901

  10. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning Dave Collins WKARMichigan State University

  11. WKAR captioning Model as of 3.10.15: 1. For LIVE or nearly LIVE(within 24 hrs) programs we use Dynamic Captions. 2. For SOME programs that we need within 48 hrs we are testing a service called Zencaptions. This service is very accurate and will adjust vertical placement of captions. 3. For programs which are at least one week out we are experimenting with in-house captioning software called MacCaption.

  12. In-House Captioning research Location Small edit suite Hardware for Captioning: Mac Computer Software for Captioning: MacCaption – Telestream QuickTime Word or TextEdit

  13. In-house Captioning research Set up for In-House Captioning: • Spent many months learning MacCaption – no detailed tutorials currently exist. • Experimented with Dragon Speak to transcribe program audio. Limitation – one voice recognition. • Have begun testing Dragon to recognize transcribers voice from a script or audio track. • Currently using transcribers.

  14. WKAR in-house Workflow Steps for in-house captioning 1. Post video or audio only track of program for transcription. 2. Review text doc and format for MacCaption: - accepts a Plain Text doc - Unicode 8. 3. Import video (mp4) into MacCaption. 4. Import text doc into MacCaption. 5. Use Auto Time Stamp (ATS) to roughly set caption timings. 6. Check timings and adjust (labor intense)

  15. WKAR in-house Workflow Steps for in-house captioning (continued) 7. Check the format of text on screen 8. Check and adjust vertical placement. 9. Export as .mcc or .scc for broadcast. 10. Upload file to Omneon / Nexio servers. 11. Air check - pull hair out and grumble a lot. 12. Continue experimenting.

  16. WKAR in-house Workflow Next Steps • Try CaptionMaker (Telestream)on a PC. • Try Dragon Speak with one operator parroting.

  17. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning Kevin McDonald New Mexico PBS

  18. Jim Calahan, Post Production Manager KVIE, Sacramento What We use to get it done at kvie

  19. At KVIE it takes a village to CC • We involve everyone from volunteers to the GM • Volunteers transcribe and run prompter during pledge • Interns and PAs transcribe and sometimes use caption software • Anyone who writes a script for a program segment or a pledge pitch is writing a script that will be captioned in some way shape or form from the GM to the field reporter • For this reason we must stress accuracy in scripts limiting things like (Nat pops with no text) or paraphrasing

  20. KVIE Caption SOFTWARE & HARDWARE • CaptionMaker/MacCaption (CPC now Telestream) • Evertz caption encoders for live and tape based • Eznews/Inception (Ross) teleprompter based CC • inQscribe software for transcription • Vantage/Lightspeed (Telestream) for file conversion and converting 608 CC to 708 CC into XDCam .mxf files • AJA fs1 Framesync for tape based up/cross conversion that preserves CC • AJA KiPro recorders for live records that we then use MacCaption to extract captions from files for editing and timing fixes

  21. Outside venders • LNS Captioning, Portland OR for live events and Pledge with guest interviews. • It works better to use someone in your timezone to avoid scheduling issues. • Production Transcripts in Southern CA for transcription services when budget allows.

  22. Testing • I’ve been testing running MacCaption and CaptionMaker on the same MacPro using Parallels and Windows 7 with some success

  23. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning Questions?

  24. Best Practices for In-House Closed Captioning THANK YOU Checkout NETA website for future webinars & roundtable discussions most Thursdays @ 3PM ET Archive page http://www.netaonline.org/PD-Archive.htm 2015 NETA Conference October 5-7, Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay

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