What Our Clients Say

"When I decided I wanted to become a captioner, one of the first things I was told was that people coming from the court reporting field do not have the dictionary necessary to do captioning. Dictionary Jumpstart was highly recommended to me. I purchased the Dictionary Jumpstart program and found out immediately that this program has saved me countless number of hours. The categories and the words in this program are already there for you. You just stroke the words yourself."

"I am very happy with Dictionary Jumpstart, and I am able to concentrate on my true error rate and speed building to fulfill my dream of becoming a captioner. I highly recommend this program to anyone who wants to become a captioner."
Erin C. Mc Clure, CSR, RMR - San Pedro, California

"As an experienced reporter of 11+ years, I found Dictionary Jumpstart to be an invaluable tool, enabling me to make the transition from courtroom/deposition reporting to broadcast captioning with a minimal amount of effort. With just a week of preparation, I lowered my untranslate rate to under 0.5 and gained the confidence I needed to tackle any assignment, including sports and weather. The Jumpstart Dictionaries series saves hours of searching and globaling time and removes the question in every captioner's mind "Is that word in my dictionary?" This program is worth 20 how-to real time books!"
Melissa Gonsalves, RMR, CRR - Tempe, Arizona

"Dictionary Jumpstart is an invaluable program for anyone interested in broadcast captioning. The biggest obstacle most court reporters have to getting into captioning is building a news/literary dictionary, and this program is a quick way to build that type of dictionary. This is also an excellent resource for any broadcast captioner who just wants to round out their dictionary. It is easy to use, has great depth of words, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in captioning, just embarking on a captioning career, or who has been captioning for years."
Patty White, RPR, RMR, CRR Operations Manager, Caption Colorado

"Dictionary Jumpstart allows you to keep your hands on your steno machine and just stroke in a list of words. You don't have to stop stroking each entry and then go to the computer keyboard to input. Since I started closed captioning, I found that it is very difficult to be consistent with your keystrokes. So, Jumpstart's function of being able to input a word many different ways is incredibly time saving and cuts down on possible misstrokes. This product is an indispensable tool to prepare someone for the unpredictable vocabulary you encounter in the captioning field. For a student recently out of school, Dictionary Jumpstart would be the best investment in your future. And for the stenographer who has been trying to build his/her dictionary one word at a time, they will be amazed at the speed and depth Dictionary Jumpstart offers."
Lenore Schatz - Tacoma, Washington

"Thanks a million for creating a program that simplified the arduous task of building a diverse dictionary. As a student and CART provider, Dictionary Jumpstart saved me many months, if not years, of research time. I feel like I'm way ahead of the game."
Armando Pineda - San Diego, California

"Please raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth. Do you hate untranslates? (Raise both if you can feel this pain). It's like your machine is saying, "Come on, you don't have THAT word!" You can almost hear the giggles echoing off your keyboard. Building a dictionary is time-consuming and tedious work and you have to do it.
Put simply, a dictionary is your foundation. I remember flipping through the JCR and seeing the ad for Dictionary Jumpstart and saying, "OOHHH! I want that!" The great thing is reporters and captioners alike will benefit from this fabulous resource. Think of DJ as helping you cut back on proofreading, scoping, researching and defining. Time is money, and there is absolutely NO OTHER WAY to build a dictionary of this magnitude with such ease and speed. You'll want it. You'll need it. And best of all, you'll love it!"
Jen Dzendzel - Garden City, Michigan

"I've already done four lists and couldn't be happier with the program. It's exactly what I was hoping for." -
Colleen A. Platt, CSR - Clifton, New Jersey

"I was a freelance reporter for one year and an official reporter for over eight years. I decided to get into captioning and have been captioning now over two years. Every single day of my captioning career, I come across a general word that is simply not in my dictionary, the latest one being 'platoon.' At the beginning, I spent hours just entering words from books and then globaling. I can't tell you how time-consuming this is! Dictionary Jumpstart is GREAT! All the work is done. I don't have to search for the words or global! I think this is a MUST for anyone, captioner or reporter."
Rachelle Freitag, CM, CRR - LNS Captioning, Portland, Oregon

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