CPC800 Realtime Webcast Captioning

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CPC-800Realtime Webcast Captioning
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Inherent Webcast delay of 15-25 sec.(Not related
to captions)

• Bandwidth at which the video is broadcast
• Speed of the video broadcasting computer,
• Traffic on the internet

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Example of Perfect Synchronization of Audio and
Captions

• 120000 Video Originated
• 120020 You receive the video
• 120018 Stenotypist receive the video
• 120019 Stenotypist Sends the text
• 120020 You receive the text

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Example of Delayed Captions

• 120000 Video Originated
• 120018 You receive the video
• 120020 Stenotypist receive the video
• 120021 Stenotypist Sends the text
• 120022 You receive the text
• (Net 4 seconds delay)

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New Technique

• Captions are merged with the video.
• Everyone gets the captions delayed by the same
  amount (2-4 seconds).

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Three Choices

• Windows Media Player
• Real Player
• QuickTime

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Video-on-Demand Webcast Captioning

• Preparation
• Transcribe the audio
• Format captions
• Manually synchronize captions

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Video-on-Demand Webcast Captioning

• Final Steps
• AutoSync and
• Laying captions down on videotape format
• Or
• Export the files for Webcast

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CPC Awards
The Distinguished Vendor of Accessible Technology
Award, presented by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce on
behalf of 13 Federal Agencies.
CPC received the Administrators Award for
Excellence from the Small Business Administration.
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• CPC Software can be used to caption both
• Post-production and Realtime for
• Conventional video
• Webcast
• CPC software can also be used for captioning
• And subtitling DVDs

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For more information

• Visit our website www.cpcweb.com
• E-mail us at info_at_cpcweb.com
• Call us at 1-800-9-PROMPT

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The process consists of 3 basic steps.

• Entering the dialogue into a word processor.
• Positioning the captions on the screen left,
  right, top, bottom.
• Synchronizing the captions with the dialogue.

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The CaptionMaker
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The CaptionMaker
Text can be seen in a video window of the
CaptionMaker. Captions can be dragged and
dropped to any position.
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The CaptionMaker
The lower part of the CaptionMaker screen is the
work area. This area holds all the information on
the individual captions.
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The CaptionMaker
The software has a number of toolbar icons at the
top of the screen that let you perform the most
frequently used functions with just a simple
mouse click.
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The CaptionMaker
You import a raw text file into the CaptionMaker
software from a word processor. The software
then breaks the script into captions according to
your specifications.
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The CaptionMaker
Using the five icons on the left side of the text
area, you can fine-tune the text in each caption
in a very efficient way.
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The CaptionMaker
After the captions are formatted, play the video.
As you hear the first word of each caption
spoken, press the plus key and the time code
associated with that caption is recorded in the
CaptionMaker software.
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The CaptionMaker
When all the captions have time codes, rewind the
tape to the beginning. Start the playback and
record machines and click on the icon for
AutoSync. As each time code is read, the caption
associated with it will be output automatically
at precisely the correct time. The result is
perfect synchronization between dialogue and
captions. The video with the captions is then
sent to the record machine. You now have a file
that can also be output DVD and/or
Video-on-demand webcasts.
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About CPC

• Developing and selling closed captioning software
  since 1986.
• CPC has been operating a captioning subtitling
  service since 1989.
• Our captioning software products have been on GSA
  Schedule GS-35F-4672G for 10 years. 
• In addition to software, we sell hardware to
  provide our customers with complete captioning
  systems.

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About CPC

• CPC has been the recipient of many awards,
  including

The Distinguished Vendor of Accessible Technology
Award, which was presented by the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce on behalf of 13 Federal Agencies.
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About CPC

• CPC has been the recipient of many awards,
  including

CPC received the Administrators Award for
Excellence from the Small Business Administration.