Broadcast Captioning Program

Broadcast Captioning

Program Number: 10-170-1

• Two-year Associate Degree program
• Business Technology Program Cluster
• Center for Agriscience and Technologies
• Program offered at the following campuses:
  • Truax, Madison
• For information call: (608) 246-6800 or 1-800-322-6282 ext 6800

About the Program

View the Judicial Reporting/Broadcast Captionining program video

Career Videos

PBS Court Reporting Video From the National Court Reporters Association's Web Site

• PBS Court Reporting video for 56k modem*
• PBS Court Reporting video for high speed connection*

MATC Career Video for Broadcast Captioning and Judicial Reporting

• Careers in broadcast captioning and judicial reporting video for 56k modem*
• Careers in broadcast captioning and judicial reporting video for high speed connection*

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Due to the high demand for broadcast captioners and court reporters, MATC is expanding training for these careers. This program is approved by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA).

Broadcast captioners use judicial reporter realtime skills and technology to instantly convert stenographic notes of audio dialog to English text for television display for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. Both judicial reporting and broadcast captioning pay very well but demand rigorous training.

Potential judicial reporters and captioners must have:

• exceptional English and keyboarding skills
• a wide ranging knowledge of current events and specialized terminology
• computer technology proficiency
• the ability to meet deadlines and
• the ability to concentrate for long periods of time.

Program outcomes state what a graduate needs to be able to do with the essential knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors acquired in a specific MATC program. The program outcomes communicate expectations to students, as well as other academic institutions and potential employers. The identification and assessment of program outcomes support MATC's efforts in documenting student learning and provide a context for the faculty's academic planning.

Admissions Requirements for All Applications Submitted for the Current Academic Year

1. You must meet Admissions Requirements (see below). To apply for the program, follow the admission procedures, including submitting the completed application, application/processing fees, and transcripts.

2. Keyboarding speed, 50 wpm; English composition, grade of C.

Unique Requirements for Graduation

1. Write three (3) five-minute, literary broadcast material takes at 180 wpm (word count) at 96 percent verbatim accuracy.
2. Submit unedited captioned translations of three (3) fifteen-minute programs on varied topics for course evaluation taken from the internship experience.
3. Complete at least 25 verified hours of actual writing and 15 hours of research and dictionary preparation during the internship experience.

Career Potential

• Broadcast Captioner
• CART Captioner (Communication Access
• Realtime Translation)
• Webcast Captioner

Related Links

Wisconsin Captioning
National Court Reporters Association
Wisconsin Court Reporters Association