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Make sure your encoder is setup correctly. You may refer to the earlier sections in this chapter
for specific instructions on how to setup your particular encoder. Once it is setup, go to Caption
>> Device and select your encoder and configure it if necessary, then go to Caption >>
Initialize Device. Once your encoder has been initialized, you may go to Live Caption Options
and make any final adjustments before beginning. When it is time to begin Live Captioning your
program, go to Caption >> Live Caption or select Live Caption from the Control Mode panel on
the main MacCaption interface. Once Live Caption has been activated, anything you type will
be sent to the encoder and output. Based on the number of characters you specified per line,
once you have typed that many characters, the full line will be output to the screen.
Speech Recognition with MacSpeech
If you are using MacSpeech (also known as iListen) for real-time speech recognition captioning,
the only thing you have to remember is to keep the MacCaption window on top. As long as the
MacCaption application is the current window on top, anything you say into the microphone will
be typed into MacCaption. And in Live Caption Mode, anything that is typed into MacCaption
will be sent out to the encoder.
Changing the Position on Screen of the Caption in Live Caption Mode
When doing Live Captions, sometimes it is necessary to move the position of the caption on
screen. For instance if the captions are rolling up from the bottom of the screen and at the same
time a phone number appears at the bottom of the video, it is the job of whoever is doing the
captioning to move the captions to the top. In the Caption >> Live Caption Options menu you
can see a list of all the options for moving captions. These are all hot-keyed so you can make
quick changes accordingly. To move captions up and down or side to side you can simply use
the arrow keys. To move captions to the very top or bottom, use the Apple+T or Apple+B
commands.
Switching Between Pre-prepared and Live Captions on the Fly
If you already have a script for a portion of a Live Broadcast, you can use that in addition to
captioning on the fly using a real-time method. You can load your script into the MacCaption
beforehand and as you are sending out the live captions, when it comes time to use your pre-
prepared script, you can hit the “+” key and send out the captions you already have loaded line
by line. To switch back, simply begin typing or speaking again.