In this post, I’m going to share with you online closed captioning jobs that can make you some extra money per month working remotely.
Note: Please do not consider these jobs as your career option. These are good for those who want to earn extra money for a short period OR someone who suddenly loses their job and looking for a job.
It’s time to think beyond traditional jobs where you need to go to the office daily and work hard to earn money.
Gone are the days of only traditional jobs. People now search for more and more online jobs.
Captioning jobs are one of those online jobs you can do from home in Pajamas.
Actually, there are two types of captions the first one is “subtitles” and the second one is “Closed captions”.
Subtitles are the exact wording or dialogues in text form. This type of caption work requires you to write the exact dialogue of a character. You need to write what characters and narrators are saying in a video scene.
Closed captions are the detailed version of subtitles. As I said, the Subtitle includes exact wording in text form whereas CC includes every single activity that is going on in a video scene.
CCs help people understand a video scene without listening character’s voice while reading the captions only. It means you need to include additional activities like background noise, the phone ringing, laughing, and all other kinds of activities that are going to happen in a scene.
Now you know the difference between both types of captions.
There is another type of CC job that is known as a “Real-time CC job”.
A real-time captioner needs to operate a computer-aided transcription stenotype system to create CCs for live shows and interviews.
Love it or hate it, “real-time closed captioning jobs/broadcast captioning jobs” are not that easy. From listening to typing, a captioner needs professional skills that include great listening power, speed, and accuracy.
So far, you have learned the basics of “what is a captioning job?”
Now let’s talk about the basic requirements or skills that you need to know before you apply for any of these captioning jobs…
Tools & Equipment
(If you want to become work from home captioner then you need to buy these tools. But if you work from a company office, the employer will provide you with all tools and equipment. )
- Steno machine
- Computer
- Headset
- High-speed internet
- Specialized software
Captioning requirements
- Typing speed should be 200 words per minute with 98% of accuracy
- High level of writing skills in English language or other target languages you are going to apply for the captioning job
- Good English listening and communication skills
- Good understanding of the accent of targeted language
- Good transcription skills (for real-time captioners)
- It is good to have a court reporter degree.
Now let’s find some of the best companies offering CC jobs…
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Caption Max
Caption Max is a media production company currently looking for real-time captioners who can work under the direction of the real-time scheduling manager.
You must be able to operate a computer-aided real-time captioning system to generate English closed captions for Live broadcasting and other events that require real-time captioning.
Besides Real-time captioning, Caption Max also hires normal captioners to caption already recorded videos. It is good for students who just finished their academics and now looking for their first job.
Pros
- Casual and fun place to work
- Great working experience
- Extremely Flexible
- Free coffee
- 401k plan is good
- CaptionMax takes you through a training session if you are not skilled. So you don’t be a professional captioner initially.
- Equal opportunities for women and men.
- Casual office dress
Cons
- Low pay at entry level
- High workload
- Unexpected time schedule for Real-time captioners
- No advancements
Aberdeen
It’s another company not just offering closed captioning jobs but also offering language services as well as custom video transcoding and digital file distribution services.
As they are offering these services, so they are also looking for closed captioners.
Although Jobs are not always available here for now it is hiring Real-time captioners. So if you are looking for a real-time closed captioning job then you can give it a try.
Although, when I went through online reviews and sources, I found some negative reviews from its employees.
Pros
- Best company culture
- They conduct a great training session to train their employee before they get to work.
- Well-organized and systematic
Cons
- Very strict working environment
Rev
REV is one of the well-known companies that offer remote speech-to-text jobs that help both customers and freelancers.
Along with several remote-jobs, they also offer closed captioning jobs. They used to pay $0.50 – $1.0 per minute to freelancers.
The cool thing is that you don’t need to be a real-time captioner. You just need to caption videos.
I assure you take it as a side gig because full-time employees give me some bad reviews about rev captioning jobs.
Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of rev closed captioning job if you become an employee at rev.com.
Pros
- Flexible
- Work at home
Cons
- Low pay
- Lack of support
- Guides are not gently documented.
- You will be get fired if you don’t keep the standard high. (Sometimes it is impossible.)
CaptioningStar
CaptioningStar started as an underdeveloped enterprise. And now it has fully established and helped thousands of customers with video captioning.
As the name implies, CaptioningStar offers all kind of captioning services. However, they have countless captioning services but all are not available for you as a job.
Currently, they are looking for real-time captioning jobs. So if you are interested in real-time CC jobs, then you can try it.
VITAC
It is one of the oldest captioning service provider companies established in 1986. It’s been the leader in captioning and accessibility services.
It offers all kinds of captioning services including subtitling, offline captioning, real-time captioning, Spanish captioning, and more.
Currently, they are hiring closed captioners and real-time captioners.
Pros
- Work from home
- It has great benefits for their employees.
- Flexible working hours
- Very interesting and challenging work
- Great working environment
- On-time payments
- Supportive co-workers
- Decent pay
Cons
- No paid vacations
- You are required to work on Friday, Saturday, and even Sunday
- Sometimes there is a lot of work available
- Poor management and lack of communication
VANAN CAPTIONING
This company also offers all captioning services to help businesses and individuals in captioning videos, live events, YouTube video captioning, offline captioning, real-time captioning, and more.
If you want to try this captioning company then you go and apply.
CONCLUSION
So, here I have listed 6 companies where you can find captioning jobs to earn some extra money working remotely.
One can earn $7 – $14 per hour for offline captioning and up to $21 for real-time captioning jobs.
These jobs are good for those who have great writing skills, listening skills, stellar English communication skills, and more eligible to work under pressure.
When I was researching about captioning job companies, I found very few companies. If you know more companies hiring captioners then please let me know in the comment section.
Do you love working as captioners? Please share your thoughts.
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