Caption Writers

Write caption phrases of dialogue for hearing-impaired and foreign language-speaking viewers of movie or television productions.

Job Task

• Watches production and reviews captions simultaneously to determine which caption phrases require editing.
• Enters commands to synchronize captions with dialogue and place on the screen.
• Translates foreign language dialogue into English language captions or English dialogue into foreign language captions.
• Operates computerized captioning system for movies or television productions for hearing-impaired and foreign language speaking viewers.
• Oversees encoding of captions to master tape of television production.
• Discusses captions with directors or producers of movie and television productions.
• Edits translations for correctness of grammar, punctuation, and clarity of expression.
• Writes captions to describe music and background noises.

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