You live captioning for talks and theaters. Clients pay a posted rate, ticket, dues, or commission.
You get paid to live captioning for talks and theaters. Stenography or respeaking. Accessibility as a trade. A normal week is making or serving, photographing the work honestly, and a booking or preorder habit. Write the offer in one sentence a stranger would understand. Price for your hours.
Community interpreting starts with language you have. Court/medical rosters may need a test ($0–500). First paid hours often 2–8 weeks locally; certified tracks take 1–6 months (BLS interpreters).
Each required material has a matching shop listing — photo, price, and a way to add it to the cart.
Software
Captioning app seat
A starter seat on a captioning app plus an SRT checklist. Software, not a human captioner.
Keyboard
Compact USB keyboard
Compact USB keyboard. A full-size-feel USB keyboard for long writing days. Not a laptop’s cramped keys and not a mechanical hobby board.
Backup laptop
Backup laptop. A second, cheaper laptop so a dead battery on shoot day does not kill the week. Older hardware, current enough for notes, captions, and a rough cut.
Public examples matched to this path by what they actually publish — not endorsements, and not a claim they run this exact shop. Handles change. Verify before you write to anyone.
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
Disabled creator whose videos model captions-first, accessible how-tos.
Rikki Poynter
Deaf YouTuber who has spent years teaching creators to caption properly.
Platforms on this card: YouTube.
Mira Chen left salaried work and now coaches this craft. Book a slot for a tailored plan, a starter kit list, and follow-up support.
Plain-Language Bureaucrat
Agencies that need public-facing clarity
Plain-Language Bureaucrat
Agencies that need public-facing clarity
You get paid for language work — agencies that need public-facing clarity. Pick one language pair and one domain, then charge the rate that domain respects.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital None
Simultaneous for Tiny Conferences
Only if you are actually trained
Simultaneous for Tiny Conferences
Only if you are actually trained
You get paid for language work — only if you are actually trained. Pick one language pair and one domain, then charge the rate that domain respects.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital None
Dialect Coach for Actors
A narrow accent, a reel
Dialect Coach for Actors
A narrow accent, a reel
You get paid for language work — a narrow accent, a reel. Pick one language pair and one domain, then charge the rate that domain respects.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital None
