What Makes Caption Nerds So Unique?
Our Mission
Our mission statement is simple:
- Lead with kindness, and provide quality CART Captions.
Image Description: A picture of Thomas, owner of Caption Nerds and his steno keyboard at an on-site event.
As a small business, everything about Caption Nerds’ brand is human-centered. We understand that folks that use captions deserve a human at the helm, always, whether you need one-on-one captions, or publicly displayed captions.
We proudly continue the legacy of stenographers that came before us, who were the first voice-to-text captioners ever and proved proof of concept that laid the groundwork of the Federal laws regarding captions we still use today, while planning for the future by using the latest technology in the industry.
We also take pride in the fact clients talk directly to owner/operator Thomas about their needs, no sales representative or secretary with zero captioning experience is going to simply say “yes” to everything; we walk you through our options and capabilities when onboarding clients to ensure we’re the best fit for your needs and often offer clients options they didn’t know they had. We offer onboarding meetings, documents, and even an easy scheduling portal for current clients.
Our Technology
Despite the general publics’ misconceptions, thanks inaccurate media, that stenographers have dated, large bulky machines with reams of paper flying around and unkept buns, today’s stenographers use steno machines with multiple hard drives, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ergonomic keys, and cutting-edge software that can deploy captions quickly and easily.
Image Description: A picture of Thomas' steno machine, the LightSpeed, photographed at the iconic Red Room at the TWA Hotel.
Captioning Delivery Methods
Image Description: Two screens, one with the captioner's software, and one with the client's view of captions in the background.
Captions can also be deployed subtlety, one-on-one, embedded into virtual environments, displayed on large LCD screens, streamed to personal devices such as phones, tablets and more.
· On-site CART Captions:
· One-on-One for an individual user via personal LCD screen or tablet for subtle delivery
· Projected/Displayed CART Captions for public sessions, delivery via an old school projector or via a large LCD/TV screen
· Overlays, to mimic TV captions running on the bottom of a presentation screen to eliminate the audience looking at two screens
· Remote Captions:
· Directly delivered to remote participants via a distinct URL*
· Human-created captions can be input via API tokens to several platforms, including Zoom, Teams, and many more
· Overlays, to mimic TV captions running on the bottom of a presentation screen to eliminate the audience looking at two screens
To learn more about us, please click the About Us button below.
Years of Experience
Remote. On-site. From one-on-one meetings to several thousand of viewers...
Some career highlights include:
Michelle Obama Former First Lady of the United States, author, producer, icon!
Selena Gomez Singer, Actor, Advocate
Judith Huemann Iconic Disability Rights Activist
Michael B. Hancock Mayor of Denver, Colardo
Rosalind Wiseman Author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, the basis for the Mean Girls films and Broadway play
Kristina Halvorson Author, Founder and CEO, Brain Traffic
Isabel Wilkerson Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
Troy Kotsur History-making Oscar winner, and Tony Award winning screen and stage actor and Deaf activist know for CODA, The Mandalorian, See What I'm Saying and more
Abby Wambach Olympic Gold Medalist & FIFA World Cup Champion and activist
Serena Williams The tennis GOAT and entrepreneur herself
Ali Stroker Tony Award winning actor of stage, film and TV, and disability activist
Rebecca Nagle Native American, writer and activist
Gord Roberts UX Rockstar, Star Trek enthusiast
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 drag entertainers and activists Sasha Velour and Peppermint
From "Yaaasss, queen" to actual King Abdullah II of Jordan
Keri Gray speaker on intersectionality of race, gender, and disability
Dr. Reverend Leroy Haynes living legend and civil rights icon
Alice Wong writer, editor, activist
Tommy Orange Pulitzer Prize nominated author
"Lolo" Spencer from HBO's The Sex Lives of College Girls, Tommy Hilfiger model, disability lifestyle influencer
For every name we can drop, there’s dozens we can’t. We caption for students working towards degrees, folks attending medical appointments, employees and executives working in the private and public sector, scientists, advocates, professors, programmers, designers, dreamers and achievers always get a human at the helm working hard to give them beautiful, accurate captions.
We’re as honored to support everyday captions as we are the glitzy events with the famous names. Everyone deserves CART captions.
