Rohan K. · Vesper Health · 2 weeks ago · ★★★★★
"Maya turned around a 90-minute interview in 28 hours with terms I assumed she'd have to ask about. She didn't. Re-hired immediately for the next four episodes."
Maya Okafor
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CaptionerMaya Okafor
Rate$2.40 / minute
Estimated runtime60 min
Estimated total$144.00
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About Maya
Eight years captioning for documentary studios — three of them at Atelier Films, where I cut over 400 hours of long-form interviews. I lean verbatim with light cleanup: I keep the rhythm of how people talk without the "ums" tripping the reader.
Comfortable with overlapping speakers, accented English, and bilingual content (Yoruba ↔ English). Recent clients include independent docs at Sundance, an HBO four-part series, and a long-running NPR-adjacent podcast.
Documentary
Long-form video
Multilingual ENG / YOR
Verbatim with cleanup
SDH
Sensitive content
Skills, audited
Scores from blind sample edits, graded by senior captioners.
Accuracy on clean audio99.8%
Accuracy on noisy / overlap97.4%
Speaker labeling98.1%
SDH cues (laughter, music)96.0%
Yoruba ↔ EnglishNative
Work sample
From a recent doc on the 1970s Lagos music scene. Used with client permission.
Excerpt · 04:12 → 04:38 · Multi-speaker
00:04:12FELA: They told us we couldn't play this music here. Not at the Shrine, not anywhere.
00:04:18REPORTER: They — meaning the federal authorities?
00:04:21FELA: They mean whoever pays them that day. (laughs)
00:04:25REPORTER: And so you played anyway.
00:04:28FELA: [in Yoruba] Ko ni de — we will not stop. (crowd cheers)
Reviews 312 · avg 4.96 ★
Aïsha B. · Atelier Films · 1 month ago · ★★★★★
"Best captioner we've worked with on bilingual content. The Yoruba transliteration choices felt editorial, not mechanical. That matters when the film is partly about language."
Mike P. · indie podcaster · 1 month ago · ★★★★☆
"Quick, accurate, friendly. Caught a factual mistake my guest made and flagged it in the margin instead of just transcribing it. That's the difference."
Samira O. · Cardinal Studios · 2 months ago · ★★★★★
"We've used three platforms before this. Maya's the first captioner who asked for our style guide instead of inventing one. SDH cues were perfect."