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It is very helpful to talk to someone in the field.
Congrats with your 4-month-old.
Happy Captioning!
God bless you!
I enjoyed your willingness to answer questions so thought I'd pick your brain if you're willing.
I'm a former reporter and have always thought about going back and becoming a captioner. I was an RPR with two legs of the CMR when I quit reporting to homeschool my kids. I worked on XScribe and wrote with 98.7% - 99.2% accuracy consistently. Writing on the machine was always my forte' and favorite so since captioning doesn't involve the hours transcribing and proofing, I'm intrigued.
Do you work from home? If not, how and where do you work? Are there agencies strictly for captioning? I read they are paid hourly. Do certain types of programs pay more? Finally, are there programs online or elsewhere that allow me to build up my speed listening to recordings (used to be tapes) or just sitting in front of the news and then testing? Share with me as much as you're willing to and I'll be grateful for your response. Thanks!
I'm currently a freelance reporter looking into possibly switching to captioning. I love reporting, but I am pregnant with my first child and due in April. I was hoping to do work at home after a few months off after delivery and captioning is starting to look like the route I should go in. I am currently on Eclipse too. I don't think I would be up for the crazy hours of live broadcast captioning with a newborn. Is there a lot of work for captioning taped shows?
Angie B.
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