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Service Delivery Options for Meeting Rural Needs: Thinking Outside the Box. Caption Colorado Remote Captioning and what it can mean for Rural or Remote access. From a California teacher.
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Service Delivery Options for Meeting Rural Needs:Thinking Outside the Box Caption Colorado Remote Captioning and what it can mean for Rural or Remote access
From a California teacher Many of my students have commented on the helpfulness of having streaming text in real time of the lecture. - J. Marso, Grossmont College
About Caption Colorado • Nation’s largest provider of captioning • Captioning since 1991 • Full service including Captioning, Text Streaming, Transcription, Post-Production • 150+ Realtime Captioners • 50+ Offline Transcribers • Annually: 150,000 Realtime Hours • Daily: 500 Shows, Events, Calls, Classes
RCC – Conference Call Captioning Free captioning is available in several states for phone calls, conference calls, online meetings, Webcasts and other “remote” events. Provided through State Relay: • North Carolina www.ncrelaycc.com • Arkansas www.arkansasrcc.com • Tennessee www.tnrelaycc.com • New Jersey www.njrelaycc.com • Federal Relay www.fedrcc.us • Hawaiiwww.hawaiirelay.comComing soon
What it takes to make it happen Audio • Audio bridge to a phone jack • USB Wireless microphone (VoIP) • Cellular phone Internet or Mobile Device • Low Bandwidth: no high-speed required • Laptop or PC: no special software • Projector and laptop combination • Blackberry • Smart phone
Delivery Possibilities • Any Internet-connected PC or Laptop • Blackberry • Smart Phone • TV • Online Meeting and Webcast • Stadium Scoreboard • Videotape • DVD • Web Videos (Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, Flash)
Remote Realtime Captioning In Action Each viewer can change: Font Color, Font Size Background Color Highlighted New Text Speed of Delivery Resizable Window
Dialogue between the student and their instructor or cohorts Voiced by the captioner Two Way Service
Instant Transcript Save to your desktop immediately after event concludes Save transcript as text file or Web page Distribute, share, post online – unlimited possibilities
Collaborative Tools Caption Colorado is the preferred captioning provider for: • WebEx • Wimba • Adobe Connect • Microsoft Live Meeting • Elluminate • EventBuilder • Centra • Polycom
Integrated captioning
Wimba Captioning integrated inside Wimba
The interpreter “window” can be moved to a variety of locations on the computer screen to be able to see the PowerPoint slides. Also, this window can be minimized or cancelled if necessary by the participant (not the instructor). Interpreter Captioner
Advantages of Remote Realtime • Anywhere, anytime Availability • Multiple Delivery Possibilities • Complete back-up and redundancy • Short notice scheduling and online ordering • Full Technical Support • Subject Matter Expertise • Transparency • Simultaneous viewing by multiple participants • Remote Classroom monitoring • Instant Transcript available for all students, parents, administrators
Contact Us Caption Colorado - Randy Holyfield - Troy Greenwood www.captioncolorado.com www.captionedtext.com For more information: randyh@captioncolorado.com 800.775.7838
From an award-winning instructor I recommend Caption Colorado to anyone needing real-time captioning but especially to anyone new to working with this technology because their staff is ready to help you get set up step-by-step. Thank you Caption Colorado for helping me provide this important, dynamic aspect to my teaching. • J. Marso, Grossmont-Cuyamaca, CA Innovator of the Year for 2007-2008 School Year