CaptionMax

CaptionMax is a media access company with locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Burbank, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. They provide both pre-recorded and live closed captioning for TV shows, webcasts and recorded media. The company also does audio description writing and recording, [http://www.captionmax.com/audio_description.php] as well as multi-language DVD subtitling and other related services. Its Minneapolis facility houses a large technical operations center which is also filled with all common tape formats including high definition. Tapes are encoded with closed captions and audio description at this facility.

CaptionMax is a privately owned family business. It was founded in 1993 by Max Duckler in Minneapolis, MN. In 2007, CaptionMax had 85 employees and about 80 Independent Contractors working for them. Also in 2007 the company built its 25,000 square foot home office in Minneapolis. The buidling is one of a handful of LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) office buildings which incorporate green building and design techniques in all aspects. A construction blog [http://www.fasterbetternicer.com] ] gives more detail.

In 2006 CaptionMax entered into the educational multimedia market. The company authors hundreds of hours of DVD and other multimedia formats for interactive educational materials used in K-12 classrooms across the country. This unique media contain enhancements such as expanded description and captioned glossary terms to help children score higher on comprehension tests.

CaptionMax customers include all major broadcast and cable TV networks, production companies, studios, distributors, educational instututions, government agencies, large corporations and internet portals.

One unusual feature of their captions and descriptions is that the captioners and describers often sign their work at the end of shows, and the company's website gives biographies on each of these captioners, describers, and other employees. [http://www.captionmax.com/bios.php]

External links

* [http://www.captionmax.com CaptionMax website]