Tips for Entry
Talk to real-time captioners about their careers. Visit the National Verbatim Reporters Association’s Web site, https://www.nvra.org, for a list of captioners in your area.
Visit https://www.ncra.org/home/start-your-career/discoversteno for information on careers in court reporting and broadcast captioning.
Visit https://www.ncra.org/jobs for job listings.
Check out the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers' Soundbytes blog (https://aaert.org/blog) to learn more about the field.
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