The CapPlus CART & Captioning course is an interactive online self-paced training program that has successfully trained captioners and CART providers all over the U.S.!
The CapPlus CART & Captioning course was designed to keep you and the consumer in mind. We are excited to help you begin your journey and guide you through each module in the course. CapPlus is designed for anyone who is seeking new career opportunities in the captioning world. CapPlus teaches real-time Broadcast Captioning, and CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation), all via voice!
Hear are the Basics.
What is a Voice Writer?
Voice writing is a method of captioning used to capture the spoken in real-time word by listening, and repeating, no typing involved. The software involved will do the work for you in producing a transcript, and transmitting the captions across a screen for the consumer to view.
Who uses captioning services?
Captions are just one form of accessibility that can be used by many. For those who are a part of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing community, language learners, or anyone in a loud environment that cannot hear the spoken word.
What is broadcast captioning?
Broadcast captioning is capturing the spoken word on air in real-time. Anything on TV: newscasts, local lifestyle shows, weather, sports, press conferences, commercials, movies, and more.
Who developed the CapPlus CART and Caption Course?
Christine Ales has over 20 years experience as a voice writer. She started her career as a real-time court reporter who was hired by a major captioning company to develop a school for captioners, seeing the lack of adequate voice writing captioners in the industry. She has developed her own theory and used her years of experience to pour into and develop the CapPlus Course.
What is CART?
CART captioning is capturing the spoken word in a classroom setting K-college, corporate meetings, board meetings, city council meetings, conference calls, webinars, events, town halls, and video conferencing. All CART work is done remotely in real-time.
What does a captioning career look like?
Upon completion of the CapPlus course, it’s your choice to become an independent contractor (“IC”) working with several clients of your choosing, or an employee of a client. Being an IC means you’d have a very flexible lifestyle. This is based on personal preference.
Hear are the Details.
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The following is the CapPlus course content: Intro to Deaf Culture, Voice Writing Fundamentals and Dragon, Case Catalyst 101, Demo Videos, Apply Your Skills, Realtime Readiness, CART, and Connections. The course is all online, self-paced, and includes several virtual meetings with your Instructor on an as-needed basis.
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Laptop or PC - must be Windows based.
USB Headset - Ask for rec’s, or you pick.
High Speed Internet
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional v15 or Newer $500 (one time cost)
Student version of Case Catalyst by Stenograph - Your Instructor will coordinate this. *If you already have a CAT software that you are comfortable with, just let us know.
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At this time, we do not offer tuition assistance, grants, etc. Tuition is to be paid on a monthly basis until completion of the CapPlus course. Please contact us for more information on exact cost of tuition.
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The CapPlus course is taught on a one-on-one basis. When you are ready to begin, we are ready to get you started on learning your new career!
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The average person without experience takes approximately 7-12 months to complete the CapPlus course. It is recommended that you dedicate two hours per day, five days per week, to the course. The more time you can dedicate, the better!
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You do not need experience to take the CapPlus course. If you are/were a court reporter (voice or machine), great! We would love the opportunity to teach anyone!
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Please contact us so we can chat over the phone and answer any questions you may have! We’ll send you a CapPlus Student Agreement and the payment information. Upon completion of those two things, we can get you enrolled and started right away!