Captioning: Legal Deposition at DVinfo.net

Scott Routt · January 13th, 2009, 10:05 AM

Is a videographer expected to caption the entire deposition word for word- using the court reporter's text? What does captioning refer to? Texting who is is who and where is where?

Perrone Ford · January 13th, 2009, 10:50 AM

You need to find a service that does this. And for legal proceedings, it needs to be done by a person certified to do it. Charge the client(s) for this service.

Start here:

Welcome to the National Court Reporters Association

Captioning is essentially, putting a word for word copy of what was said onto the screen. Basically, capturing the stenographers output onto your video.

Mick Haensler · January 14th, 2009, 08:06 AM

I've been doing depositions for years and have never heard of this. Is this just a query or have you gotten a request for this?

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

Perrone Ford · January 14th, 2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mick Haensler

I've been doing depositions for years and have never heard of this. Is this just a query or have you gotten a request for this?

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

Federal rule 508, regarding accessability. If you haven't heard of it, you soon will. It's affecting nearly everything I do. Every video I produce for work now has to be captioned. With current national rates sitting between 7 and 12 dollars per MINUTE, you can imagine how that's affecting us in this economy.

John Miller · January 14th, 2009, 11:24 AM

Section 508 applies to federal agencies and some states may have similar initiatives.

Perrone Ford · January 14th, 2009, 11:30 AM

This may be helpful:

GTRI | ELSYS | Human Systems Engineering Branch | Overview of State Accessibility Laws, Policies, Standards and Other Resources Available On-line

I sit on the 508 committee for my agency as an IT representative and because my work also includes video, I have a fairly regular interaction with 508, captioning (open and closed), etc.

It's a broad issue that will affect many of us in video at some point.

Chip Gallo · January 14th, 2009, 12:25 PM

If you already have a transcript, this site will create a caption file that conforms the text to the video. Section 508 does not in itself require legally defensible captions. Many deaf or low hearing individuals would rather NOT have all the "um's" and "ah's" left in.

The cost is around $80/finished hour of captions and they can give you multiple output file types (WMV, QT, Flash, DVD) for the one charge. If you need transcriptions too, AutomaticSync partners with companies that will do that seamlessly as part of the service (this extra cost brings it up to around $170/hour). They can also send a text file for proofing/changes before the caption job occurs.

Welcome to CaptionSync!

January 13th, 2009, 10:05 AM	#1
Scott Routt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 206	Captioning: Legal Deposition Is a videographer expected to caption the entire deposition word for word- using the court reporter's text? What does captioning refer to? Texting who is is who and where is where? __________________ Scott Routt "Talk is cheap unless you have a lot of audio toys"

January 13th, 2009, 10:50 AM	#2
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	You need to find a service that does this. And for legal proceedings, it needs to be done by a person certified to do it. Charge the client(s) for this service. Start here: Welcome to the National Court Reporters Association Captioning is essentially, putting a word for word copy of what was said onto the screen. Basically, capturing the stenographers output onto your video. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

January 14th, 2009, 11:30 AM	#6
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	This may be helpful: GTRI \| ELSYS \| Human Systems Engineering Branch \| Overview of State Accessibility Laws, Policies, Standards and Other Resources Available On-line I sit on the 508 committee for my agency as an IT representative and because my work also includes video, I have a fairly regular interaction with 508, captioning (open and closed), etc. It's a broad issue that will affect many of us in video at some point. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

January 14th, 2009, 08:06 AM	#3
Mick Haensler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Salisbury, MD Posts: 122	I've been doing depositions for years and have never heard of this. Is this just a query or have you gotten a request for this? Mick Haensler Higher Ground Media

January 14th, 2009, 11:24 AM	#5
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	Section 508 applies to federal agencies and some states may have similar initiatives.

January 14th, 2009, 12:25 PM	#7
Chip Gallo Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry, WV USA Posts: 164	If you already have a transcript, this site will create a caption file that conforms the text to the video. Section 508 does not in itself require legally defensible captions. Many deaf or low hearing individuals would rather NOT have all the "um's" and "ah's" left in. The cost is around $80/finished hour of captions and they can give you multiple output file types (WMV, QT, Flash, DVD) for the one charge. If you need transcriptions too, AutomaticSync partners with companies that will do that seamlessly as part of the service (this extra cost brings it up to around $170/hour). They can also send a text file for proofing/changes before the caption job occurs. Welcome to CaptionSync!