Also called: Captioner, Caption Writer
Writes and times the subtitles and captions that appear on screen for viewers.
A captioner watches a show and types every line of dialogue, plus [ominous music] and [door creaks], timing each caption so it appears exactly when it should.
Approximate; often freelance and paid per minute.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Strong language and typing skills; translation subtitling requires fluency.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: English, Foreign Languages, Linguistics.
Shrinking. Speech recognition and AI translation are automating much of this work.
High risk for 10 years. Speech-to-text and AI translation now make most captions and subtitles automatically; humans mostly review and fix.
Age 18+. One way to start: Take the transcription and captioning tests on sites like Rev or Verbit, then pick up jobs
Classes: English, Spanish or another language, Typing or keyboarding, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3091.
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