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

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by a computing system, a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first program schedule text, and wherein the program schedule is used to facilitate production of the media program;

selecting, by the computing system, second program schedule text from among the first program schedule text; and

transmitting, by the computing system and via a communication network, an instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator, wherein the closed-captioning generator is configured to use the electronic dictionary to convert closed-captioning input into corresponding closed-captioning text.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

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

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

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

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

selecting, as the second program schedule text, the extracted third program schedule text.

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

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the instruction that causes the selected second program schedule 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 instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the computing system and via the communication network, an instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the instruction that causes the selected second program schedule 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 instruction that causes the selected second program schedule 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. The method of claim 1 , wherein the closed-captioning generator comprises a stenotype machine.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed cause a computing system to perform a set of acts comprising:

accessing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first program schedule text, and wherein the program schedule is used to facilitate production of the media program;

selecting second program schedule text from among the first program schedule text; and

transmitting, via a communication network, an instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator, wherein the closed-captioning generator is configured to use the electronic dictionary to convert closed-captioning input into corresponding closed-captioning text.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the set of acts further comprising:

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

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first program schedule text comprises text included as part of a character-generator template.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein selecting second program schedule text from among the first program schedule text comprises:

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

selecting, as the second program schedule text, the extracted third program schedule text.

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

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the instruction that causes the selected second program schedule 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 instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be added to the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the set of acts further comprising:

transmitting, via the communication network, an instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein transmitting, via the communication network, the instruction that causes the selected second program schedule 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 instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be deleted from the electronic dictionary of the closed-captioning generator.

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

20. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a set of acts comprising:

accessing a program schedule of a media program, wherein the program schedule comprises first program schedule text, and wherein the program schedule is used to facilitate production of the media program;

selecting second program schedule text from among the first program schedule text; and

transmitting, via a communication network, an instruction that causes the selected second program schedule text to be added to an electronic dictionary of a closed-captioning generator, wherein the closed-captioning generator is configured to use the electronic dictionary to convert closed-captioning input into corresponding closed-captioning text.