Closed Captioning for Videos
I've been playing around with the feature on YouTube to associate a Closed Captioning file with your video and thereby allowing hearing impaired folks to "read" what you are saying while speaking. I'm using the site http://www.overstream.net/index.php This means your video has to be public to use this to create the SRT file to upload to youtube for the closed captioning. I also tested a nifty little stand alone tool that worked well also. So I upload this file, when it's live I can go to the overstream site and create a closed caption for it. I'm sure there are stand alone products that you can use as well. I found one here http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Subtitles/SubCreator1.2.0.117.zip That allows you to open your wmv video file and then make the captions. Then you just save as an SRT format file and when you go to "Captions and Subtitles" on your video it takes you to the page where you can upload your SRT file.Category: Education
Author: UpDownMostly
Published (on YouTube): 2009-09-12
Published (here): 2012-05-25
Views: 4216; Favorites: 4
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Comments on «Closed Captioning for Videos»:
AgentJuly19903 on 2011-08-10
U helped so much! ...
U helped so much! Thanks!
isavegas1972 on 2011-07-18
Amen!! There's a ...
Amen!! There's a whole new world for deaf internet users if only everything were captioned.
Wailot6 on 2011-06-05
dude why do you ...
dude why do you have a Cowboyhat?
mexico1952 on 2010-10-26
It is crazy that ...
It is crazy that you are talking about closed captions but you did not include it in your video. Very bad!
nutnwithoutgod on 2010-09-27
Never mind.. I ...
Never mind.. I figured it out! Yay!!!
nutnwithoutgod on 2010-09-22
My brother is deaf ...
My brother is deaf and I am trying to figure out how to add this cc to my videos. There is no device for deaf people to use that allows them to watch these videos. The videos have to be made with cc. How did you do it? I used an app through google called caption tube.appspot.com But, I can't get my computer to open the srt file.
gmjyuir2 on 2010-04-01
over stream does ...
over stream does not work any more, you tube cut it off
near124 on 2010-01-24
I am deaf and I ...
I am deaf and I hear the sounds because I have it set up to stereo sound to increase volume but I cannot follow the words without closed captioned, I have to read and it would be wonderful and helpful if EVERYONE would add the closed captioned to their videos and music for us deaf/hard of hearing ppl!
PollyWallyWoo on 2009-10-17
I'd like the CC to ...
I'd like the CC to play automatically.
UpDownMostly on 2009-09-14
It's an option ...
It's an option when viewing, in the lower right hand corner of the video as it plays.
kenrg on 2009-09-13
Interesting - I ...
Interesting - I didn't realize that feature was available. So, if you add closed captions to your vlog, will it be visible to all viewers, or do each of us get to turn CC on or off in our preferences?
vidguy007 on 2009-09-13
It's on the little ...
It's on the little up arrow at the far right, bottom of the screen. It works, very cool, if you need it.
opendoor1983 on 2009-09-13
Oh, ... and I do ...
Oh, ... and I do not see a closed caption option on this video (???)
opendoor1983 on 2009-09-13
kudos to you for ...
kudos to you for this information!!
anmoose on 2009-09-13
I know some people ...
I know some people who are doing this, and it's quite effective. Adding them for your own language is pretty straightforward, but if you want to offer other languages, then you'd better be multilingual, or know someone who is. Don't use the Google translator, unless you're doing a random comedy that no-one should understand anyway. LOL
audionautix on 2009-09-13
great innovation. ...
great innovation. I'm already thinking of ways to use it for comic purposes because I'm basicly shallow and incapable of empathy.
UpDownMostly on 2009-09-13
Yeah apparently the ...
Yeah apparently the translation occurs in the background from the original language, the feedback so far is pretty positive. The translation has been close except for a few colloquialisms that I've used in my video like "ready to rock and roll" doesn't translate well.
UpDownMostly on 2009-09-13
No because you ...
No because you actually create the original file in text. it's the text that get's translated, not what you are saying in your video.
miker555 on 2009-09-12
some people like to ...
some people like to slur their words, but would we have to say every word correctly and clearly like you Tim?
tomhp1 on 2009-09-12
hi, i am danish ...
hi, i am danish and i tried to use the translate it to danish, and the translation was pretty much perfect, even the grammar seem to be in order. so if this is the general result of translating the cc, it is a pretty cool tool that they have implemented there. love your videos, just noticed that you were back on you tube, god, I am not paying much notice to anything ;D
SoHereIAm3 on 2009-09-12
Ah! I found it! ...
Ah! I found it! It works just fine. :-D ~Anna
SoHereIAm3 on 2009-09-12
I can't seem to ...
I can't seem to find the CC option here. I did look. But we're tired so maybe it's just blatantly obvious and I'm too exhausted to notice something right in front of us. Wouldn't be the first time. :-P ~Anna
Urgo6667 on 2009-09-12
I thought you had ...
I thought you had to upload captions in each language? They really do it automatically? Anyway, my prediction is that the 2015 version of YouTube will auto transcribe the video & then translate it to all of the different languages for you. All the technology is there, why not? They just need to implement it. Google, are you listening? Of course you are, chop chop. :)
UpDownMostly on 2009-09-12
I'm curious if ...
I'm curious if people from another country are able to choose their language and how the translation goes.
UpDownMostly on 2009-09-12
Thanks. So I ...
Thanks. So I assume you can see the close captioning OK I put on this video. I'm curious if people from another country are able to choose their language and how the translation goes.