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Caption Consulting Caption Consulting is a concierge, boutique accessibility agency serving the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.

ASL interpreting, captioning, & post production services, rooted in d/Deaf Culture. Thoughtful provider matching, responsive client support. Caption Consulting is a full-service, boutique agency specializing in accessibility services for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and those with Audio Processing Disorders. Additional offerings include services in education to facilitate a better learning environment by live captioning the lectures and tapping into the visual learner’s needs. Caption Consulting is a team of passionate professional TypeWell, CART, Sign Language Interpreters, and Post-Production Captionists. Services are provided on-site or remotely throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

"I learn something new from every job I do." 💙That's how Eduard Kuba describes his work as a captioner and that curiosit...
10/15/2026

"I learn something new from every job I do." 💙

That's how Eduard Kuba describes his work as a captioner and that curiosity shows up in every assignment. Meet Ed in this month's Beyond the Captions 👇

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?
A close friend introduced me to captioning after having worked in the field several years before I began.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠?
I learn something new from every job I do. Every assignment brings a different subject, environment, or experience, so I'm constantly learning while helping make information accessible to others.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭?
One of my first court assignments. I was asked to turn my camera on to be sworn in and I had no idea that was going to be required. To make matters worse, I was wearing a tank top! Needless to say, it was a lesson I learned very quickly and one I haven't forgotten.

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
One fun fact about me is that my biggest hobbies are working on and modifying cars and cooking. I love spending time in the garage working on cars, and when I'm not doing that, I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen!

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?
After 5.5 years in the captioning industry, I've had the opportunity to work with several different agencies, and Caption Consulting has always been special to me. The people, the support, and the overall experience have made working with the company something I genuinely look forward to. I'm very grateful to be part of the team!

Ed, the feeling is mutual. Your curiosity and the care you bring to every assignment are a big part of what makes access feel human for the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals we serve. Thank you for being part of our team! 🤝

If your school, organization, or upcoming event needs captioning or ASL interpreting from a team that cares this much, we'd love to connect: https://www.captionconsulting.com/

“I learn something new from every job I do.”That’s how Kuba describes his work as a captioner and that curiosity shows ...
10/08/2026

“I learn something new from every job I do.”
That’s how Kuba describes his work as a captioner and that curiosity shows up in every assignment. Meet Ed in this month’s Beyond the Captions.

How did you get into captioning/interpreting?
A close friend introduced me to captioning after having worked in the field several years before I began.

What do you love most about captioning?
I learn something new from every job I do. Every assignment brings a different subject, environment, or experience, so I’m constantly learning while helping make information accessible to others.

What’s one assignment you’ll never forget?
One of my first court assignments. I was asked to turn my camera on to be sworn in and I had no idea that was going to be required. To make matters worse, I was wearing a tank top! Needless to say, it was a lesson I learned very quickly and one I haven’t forgotten.

Tell us one fun fact about yourself.
One fun fact about me is that my biggest hobbies are working on and modifying cars and cooking. I love spending time in the garage working on cars, and when I’m not doing that, I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen!

Is there anything else you would like us to know?
After 5.5 years in the captioning industry, I’ve had the opportunity to work with several different agencies, and Consulting has always been special to me. The people, the support, and the overall experience have made working with the company something I genuinely look forward to. I’m very grateful to be part of the team!

Ed, the feeling is mutual. Your curiosity and the care you bring to every assignment are a big part of what makes access feel human for the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals we serve. Thank you for being part of our team!

If your school, organization, or upcoming event needs captioning or ASL interpreting from a team that cares this much, we’d love to connect: https://www.captionconsulting.com/

With all the discussion around the ADA Title II extension, we keep finding ourselves thinking less about the deadline an...
10/08/2026

With all the discussion around the ADA Title II extension, we keep finding ourselves thinking less about the deadline and more about the people it affects.

The ADA has protected people with disabilities since 1990. The 2024 Title II update did not create new rights. It simply clarified how those rights apply in a world that now runs on websites, mobile apps, and video meetings, none of which existed when the law was first written.

Accessibility has always had to keep pace with how we live and work and this is part of that.

The compliance deadline was recently extended by a year or two, and we understand why. Updating years of digital content takes staffing, budget, and time that many teams genuinely did not have.

What stays with us is the other side of that. Organizations were given more time, while many people are still waiting for equal access to the same information and services everyone else relies on.

For the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community, this is about more than a website. It is accurate captions, CART, transcripts, and virtual meetings a person can join fully, without having to ask for access after the fact. Access is always better when it is built in from the start.

We see the difference it makes every day. Something as simple as accurate captioning can decide whether someone takes full part in a classroom, a meeting, or an event, and that is what makes this work meaningful to us. So this is not about pointing fingers. It is an invitation to use this time well, to build a plan, review your content, and make accessibility part of how you communicate going forward.

We'd love to hear your ideas. How are you building accessibility into the way your organization communicates every day?

10/03/2026

💍✨ Today’s the big day! ✨💍
We’re sending the biggest congratulations to our wonderful Office Admin, Aly, as she gets married today! ❤️

Wishing Aly and her new spouse, Josh, a beautiful wedding day filled with love, laughter, unforgettable moments—and a lifetime of happiness together.

Congratulations, Alyssa & Josh! We’re all celebrating you today! 🥂💐💕

10/03/2026

💍✨ Today’s the big day! ✨💍

We’re sending the biggest congratulations to our wonderful Office Admin, Aly, as she gets married today! ❤️

Wishing Aly and her new spouse, Josh, a beautiful wedding day filled with love, laughter, unforgettable moments—and a lifetime of happiness together.

Congratulations, Aly Nemeroff & Josh! We’re all celebrating you today! 🥂💐💕

Today we’re celebrating the incredible people who make communication more accessible, inclusive, and connected 🩵
09/30/2026

Today we’re celebrating the incredible people who make communication more accessible, inclusive, and connected 🩵

Some projects stay with your whole team long after the work is done.We are so incredibly proud that Caption Consulting i...
09/24/2026

Some projects stay with your whole team
long after the work is done.

We are so incredibly proud that Caption Consulting is part of the beautiful new community mural in West Hartford, Connecticut. It was a privilege to help make this celebration of the d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing communities accessible, so everyone could experience the moment together.

Unveiled in June, the mural now stands three stories tall at Blue Back Square, spray-painted by artist Michael Rice alongside community members so that every detail feels true to the people it represents.

It carries the legacy of Laurent Clerc and children communicating in many ways, from American Sign Language to hearing aids and cochlear implants.

And the work is not finished. This fall, a second phase brings a three-dimensional tactile piece so DeafBlind visitors can experience the mural through touch, because public art should be for everyone.

Getting to help make this moment accessible, so no one misses a word, is exactly why we do what we do.

Grateful to everyone who welcomed us into this work, especially Jon Sahlin, CPA whose band Blast Time! (ASL Rock) performed at the event.

September is Deaf Awareness Month and every year it gives me a reason to think a little more deeply about what it means ...
09/17/2026

September is Deaf Awareness Month and every year it gives me a reason to think a little more deeply about what it means to truly support the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.

For more than a decade, so much of my work has centered around equitable access. Making sure the d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community has access to classrooms, workplaces, conferences, conversations, and all of the spaces where they belong.

But advocacy is bigger than access.

It’s also about
👉Visibility
👉Opportunity
👉Community

✅And finding ways to use the platform we have to lift other people up!

There are incredible d/Deaf entrepreneurs and business owners all over the country building businesses, creating opportunities, and doing incredible things. Too often, people outside of the d/Deaf community simply do not know about them.

I’d like to help change that.

So, in honor of Deaf Awareness Month, we’re starting something new as part of our advocacy work at Caption Consulting. We’re going to regularly highlight d/Deaf-owned businesses and share a little about the people behind them, what they’re doing, and how we can support them.

There are already some wonderful directories dedicated to d/Deaf-owned businesses, and I love that those resources exist. This is simply another way we can use our little corner of the world to create more visibility.

And while September may be Deaf Awareness Month, supporting the d/Deaf community shouldn’t end when September does💛

If there’s a d/Deaf-owned business you love or think we should feature, please leave their name in the comments. I would truly love to hear about them.

Meet Tara Wallace Ballard.Tara is one of the wonderful people behind Caption Consulting, and we’re so lucky to have her ...
09/10/2026

Meet Tara Wallace Ballard.

Tara is one of the wonderful people behind Caption Consulting, and we’re so lucky to have her as part of our community. Tara came to captioning in 2019 after more than a decade as a Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist. At a Deaf Council meeting, she watched a CART captioner at work for the first time and knew immediately she had found something that brought everything together that she considered important: technology, language, communication access, and constant learning.

She completed her realtime captioning training in 2020 and has been building her expertise ever since. Based in Georgia, Tara specializes in higher education, graduate-level coursework, conferences, board meetings, medical terminology, and d/Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing topics.

When we asked what she loves most about the work, she told us: "I've always joked that I wanted to be a professional student, and in some ways captioning has given me the opportunity to do just that."

One assignment that has stayed with her was a series of transportation planning events held throughout a major city, where community members came together to shape how their neighborhoods would be served. "As a captioner, I sometimes get to be a fly on the wall for conversations that can have a lasting impact on a community," she said. "This was definitely one of those experiences."

And a few more fun facts: Tara encouraged her own son to enter the captioning industry. She brings the old-school experience, and he brings the next-generation tech skills. Tara is a lifelong lover of history, genealogy, and small-town adventures and enjoys quilting, exploring local history, and traveling to waterfalls and caves.

At Caption Consulting, we are proud to have providers like Tara on our team. This is what thoughtful matching looks like.

The right interpreter or captioner is not a nice-to-have. It is the difference between people attending your event and p...
09/03/2026

The right interpreter or captioner is not a nice-to-have. It is the difference between people attending your event and people truly being part of it.

At Caption Consulting, we draw from a network of more than 400 vetted professionals, and we match the right one to you.

Not the next available name on a list. The right fit for your setting, your subject matter, and the people in the room.

For more than a decade, we have partnered with schools, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and event teams to bring ASL interpreting, CART, and TypeWell captioning together under one culturally fluent roof. Concierge service means you tell us what you need, and we take care of the careful part.

Because when the match is right, access stops being something you scramble to arrange and starts being something people simply have.

Planning an event, a semester, or a season of meetings? Send us a message and let's find the right match for your team. Send us a DM and let's find the right match for your team.

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