90. Closed Captions
Apr 28, 2025•19 min•Ep. 90
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Episode description
It takes a highly skilled stenographer — and some specialized equipment — to transcribe TV dialogue in real time at 300 words per minute. Will A.I. rewrite the script? Zachary Crockett tries to keep up.
- SOURCES:
- Doug Karlovits, general manager at Verbit.
- Katie Ryan, live steno captioner at Verbit.
- RESOURCES:
- "The Long Case for Machine Shorthand," by Sam Corbin (New York Times, 2024).
- "Caption This: Why Subtitling Is Big Business Amid the Content Boom," by Kirsten Chuba (The Hollywood Reporter, 2023).
- "Everyone Watches TV with Subtitles Now. How’d That Happen?" by Wilson Chapman (IndieWire, 2023).
- "When is Captioning Required?" (National Association of the Deaf).
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