About Us
Jack A. Boenau, RDR, RMR, RPR, CRR, CBC, CCP, FAPR, President
Founder and President of AmeriCaption, Inc., Jack Boenau is a member of the National Court Reporters Association, the Florida Court Reporters Association, the Hearing Loss Association of America, and the Florida Association of the Deaf. Jack has worked in Court Reporting and Convention Reporting since 1969 and was a pioneer in providing CART and Closed Captioning services since the late 1980s. Jack was the recipient of the Emily Mann Distinguished Service Award and the state and national Pro Bono Awards in the early 1990s. He has also been a guest speaker at various state and national conferences. Jack served on the NCRA committee for new and expanding markets in 1992 and 1993 which looked at the expansion of realtime reporting into new markets. Jack was chair of the NCRA C.A.R.T. task force 1996 -1997. During his tenure as chair, the committee redefined the acronym C.A.R.T. to mean Communication Access Realtime Translation. Jack was also instrumental in the initial development of a self-help support group of C.A.R.T. reporters, becoming a founding member of CARTWheel, which would become a network of CART providers and consumers. Jack is a Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters, which is a professional distinction conferred upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in the field of shorthand reporting.
Deanna “Dee” Boenau, RDR, RMR, RPR, CRR, CBC, CCP, Vice-President
Vice-President of AmeriCaption, Dee Boenau began her career in court
reporting as a freelance court reporter in 1992 and then moved into
realtime captioning, CART, and convention reporting in 1995. Dee is a
National Speed Contest qualifier, testing her skills up to 280 words per
minute. Dee also competes in the National Realtime Competition held
yearly by the National Court Reporters Association. The National
Realtime Competition consists of two parts, and Dee has won first place
in the two-voice testimony in 2007, 2008, and 2010. Dee has placed
overall 2nd in 2001, 3rd 2002, 3rd 2004, 3rd 2006, 2nd 2008, 2nd 2009,
and in 2010 won the National Realtime Competition. Dee won the 2005
Pennsylvania Cup for Realtime and the 2005, 2006, 2008 Florida Cup for
Realtime, the only years Florida has held a realtime competition. Dee
received the Florida Court Reporters Association Pro Bono award in 2004
for services she provided to various deaf and hard of hearing
organizations. Dee is a Registered Diplomate Reporter, which is the
highest level of certification available to court reporters, CART
providers, and Broadcast Captioners through the National Court Reporters
Association.