CaptionsDirect™ is our multi-award-winning realtime captioning service and technology.
We really enjoy providing captioning access to live events – whether it’s a lecture, a conference, a meeting, or a special event like an awards night or a product launch. That’s why we when we created CaptionsDirect™. In 2004 we set out to design, in consultation with our clients and captioning users, a system and service which would deliver the fastest, most accurate captioning available, to large screen displays and to personal computing devices.
CaptionsDirect™ is really fast – only 2 seconds from the person saying the words to the words appearing on their screen. And because we use only the best captioners, we boast that we have the most accurate, highly acclaimed live captioning service in Australia, a fact of which we are very proud!
How Does It Work?
CaptionsDirect™ live captioning is delivered using a remote live captioning methodology developed and used exclusively by The Captioning Studio.
The captioner, who is normally located offsite from your event, listens to the proceedings via a telephone line connection or alternatively over the internet (you can choose which option you prefer to use).
The captioning is sent back via the internet to display(s) at your event. We supply the software and/or hardware for the displays, making it really easy for you to set up.
Why Choose CaptionsDirect™
- By booking your captioning with CaptionsDirect™, you will make significant savings in your captioning costs, without compromising on quality or service. In fact, we guarantee that you will receive the best captioning and best service available from any Australian supplier.
- Set-up is an absolute cinch for you or your technical team – saving you time and money.
- You will enjoy our easy booking service.
- Your audience will see every word on screen as our stenocaptioners produce the captions at speeds in excess of 240wpm with a minimum accuracy of 98%.
- Your captions will stand out from the rest – they will be easy to read no matter what the venue or presentation system.
- CaptionsDirect™ technology is highly regarded by the deaf and hard of hearing community.
- Near-instantaneous caption display - unlike some realtime captioning services, your CaptionsDirect™ captions will not be delayed.
- Secure data communications, guaranteed, ensuring your confidentiality is maintained.
- You and your technical team will have no firewall issues to worry about.
- You can receive your captions anywhere you can get access to the internet because our service works over dial-up or broadband or even with a 3G card.
- You can use any display type you wish – PC, projector screen, plasma, PDA, et cetera. This gives you the flexibility to choose suitable display types for events with large audiences as well as smaller, discreet captioning displays where no-one need know captioning is being provided other than the caption user.
- Users receiving captions on their laptop can also run other applications alongside to assist with note taking – an invaluable tool.
- Your captions will be exceptionally easy to read, with a font recommended for use by people with low vision. Your audience will certainly appreciate this.
- The font size can be easily configured by you to suit your requirements.
- Coloured texts and speaker-name display capability easily identify changes in speaker. This will make your captions so much easier to read!
- You can easily configure the number of lines of text on a screen. This is particularly useful for large events where people toward the back of the room are unable to read the last few lines of captions on a large screen. Reduce the number of lines of text in a jiffy!
- People absolutely rave about our captioning. Your audience will love it too – we guarantee it!
Coming Soon From CaptionsDirect™
Continuing our commitment to the best captioning and the best customer service, in 2012 we will be launching a brand-new, patented CaptionsDirect™ feature-set, alongside a new-look website and easy online bookings system.
For now, if you’d like to try out our live captioning service for yourself, simply give us a call on 08 8463 1639 or email us at sales at captioningstudio.com.
