You may not know Deanna Baker by name, but you may know her work She is one of the people who types the captions for national television, broadcasts, working out of her home in Flagstaff, Arizona. The one-time court reporter can type 260 words a minute on a stenographer's machine or 120 words per minute on a standard keyboard. A software program instantly translates her furious typing into English and sends it to televisions across the nation. Baker has been on the job for decades. She recently captioned the weather coverage of Hurricane Irene.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Where Does Captioning Come from?
You may not know Deanna Baker by name, but you may know her work She is one of the people who types the captions for national television, broadcasts, working out of her home in Flagstaff, Arizona. The one-time court reporter can type 260 words a minute on a stenographer's machine or 120 words per minute on a standard keyboard. A software program instantly translates her furious typing into English and sends it to televisions across the nation. Baker has been on the job for decades. She recently captioned the weather coverage of Hurricane Irene.
