Use of a program schedule to modify an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator

1. A method comprising:

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the media program, wherein accessing data representing the program schedule of the media program comprises accessing data representing the program schedule of the indicated media-program.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first text comprises text included as part of a character-generator template.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting second text from among the first text comprises:

extracting, from the first text, third text that satisfies one or more criterion; and

selecting, as the second text, the extracted third-text.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more criterion comprises a criterion that the third text comprises a proper noun.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the closed-captioning generator comprises a stenotype machine.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media program comprises a news program.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed cause performance of a set of acts comprising:

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the media program comprises a news program.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the set of acts further comprising:

receiving an indication of the media program, wherein accessing data representing the program schedule of the media program comprises accessing data representing the program schedule of the indicated media-program.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first text comprises text included as part of a character-generator template.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein selecting second text from among the first text comprises:

extracting from the first text, third text that satisfies one or more criterion; and

selecting, as the second text, the extracted third-text.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the one or more criterion comprises a criterion that the third text comprises a proper noun.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

18. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to perform a set of acts comprising:

accessing data representing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first text;

selecting second text from among the first text;

transmitting, via a communication network, a first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator; and

transmitting, via the communication network, a second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate a start time of a broadcast of the media program, the first instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator comprises transmitting, via the communication network, proximate an end time of a broadcast of the media program, the second instruction configured to cause the selected second-text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.