The Business Side of Freelancing: What Freelancers Should Know

Sandy Eisenberg, CEO of Total Recall Captioning, has been in the captioning profession since 1992 as a realtime captioner (retired), advocate, educator, and business owner. Sandy was one of the first captioners in California. She and Total Recall have worked with numerous organizations and individuals over the years, providing high-quality captioners, information, and resources. Early on Sandy was an advisor to NCRA’s task force to update the “Realtime in the Educational Setting” manual. Sandy is a founding member of the California Court Reporters Association’s CART/Captioning committee, where she continues to work for captioners and captioning standards. She also helped found the lobbying group Language Access Professionals Association (LAPA) and has fought tirelessly for the rights of California captioners to work as independent contractors. Most recently, the standards organization ASTM International enlisted Sandy to help to develop an informational Guide to Captioning for providers, clients, and consumers.  

Tom is part owner of eCaptions, a San Diego-based captioning agency. Tom works to raise awareness and improve the quality of captioning, as well as to increase the respect for, and visibility of captioners. Tom is the moderator of the groups.io Captioners forum.