K4U provides professional CART and realtime captioning services for individuals, businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, events, productions, and broadcast environments. K4U brings decades of professional reporting and captioning experience to every assignment.

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The K4U Story

Kaptions4U was founded in 2008 by Brandi Kent with a passion for providing high-quality CART and realtime captioning services. What began with a commitment to communication access has grown into a professional captioning company serving clients across a wide range of industries and settings - world wide.

Brandi began her career as a court reporter in 1996 and transitioned into captioning in 2000. Since then, she has provided professional CART and realtime captioning services directly to clients and through captioning firms throughout the United States and Canada.

Her extensive experience in captioning brings a strong foundation in accuracy, professionalism, and communication access to every assignment.

Professional Credentials

Brandi holds the following certifications with NCRA:

RPR - Registered Professional Reporter

CRR - Certified Realtime Reporter

CBC - Certified Broadcast Captioner

CCP - Certified CART Provider

RSA - Realtime Systems Analyst

Brandi is an active member of the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) and other professional organizations dedicated to communication access, captioning, and the court reporting profession.

Professional Realtime Captioning Experience

K4U provides professional ham-generated CART and realtime captioning for individuals, organizations, events, productions, and broadcast environments. Services are available onsite and remotely, with caption delivery tailored to the needs of each assignment.

K4U will help your company to comply with accessibility laws and FCC captioning requirements by using innovative tools and highly-skilled human CART captioners... NOT artificial intelligence!

Why Human Captioning Matters

We know that good communication is vital in everyday life, however there are many barriers experienced by people with a hearing loss or learning disabilities, people who know English as their second language, and everyday viewers in sound-sensitive environments.

Professional realtime captioning requires more than speech-to-text technology. Our captionists are trained professionals who listen, process, and produce captions in real time, providing human judgment and context that automated systems can miss.

This is why captioning and CART services provided by a real human professional are so vitally important!

Realtime captioning and CART can greatly improve communication access, especially in group situations or large venues.

Our services aid language learning, literacy, translations, and are suitable for many individual listening and learning styles.

Our clients are able to provide their audience members with the visual tools needed to focus on the message, rather than straining to comprehend speech, in a wide variety of venues and across different devices!

The K4U Mission

Our mission is to provide professional realtime CART and captioning that helps people communicate, participate, and stay connected.

We believe communication access should be reliable, professional, and available wherever it is needed - from everyday conversations to major events and productions.

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Trusted by Organizations Nationwide

Our clientele include a wide range of government & civic organizations, businesses and corporations, educational institutions, conferences & events, virtual & hybrid events, national and international broadcasting networks, and countless more!