When Mark captions, he works in the control room with the audio-video technicians. He wears headphones to reduce distraction and to receive better sound quality. Another practice that varies from church to church is recording the captions. With some editing and clean-up work, the caption file on the computer can also be turned into a transcript of the service, although this is rarely done. Other Uses for a Captioning System in Church Few churches are fortunate enough to have a Mark Kislingbury in their congregation.
Many preachers prepare their sermons in advance on a word processor.
The word processor files can be loaded into a captioning system before the service, and a captioner without realtime skills can feed out the text as the preacher speaks. Obviously, such a procedure can't completely replace live realtime captions. I haven't met a minister yet who, during the sermon, actually follows a script word for word. But they still have something. No, you should eat what you can afford, and hope for the steak and lobster soon.