Captions and transcripts are intended for people with auditory disabilities. But they are also helpful for non-native speakers, as a general aid to understanding, in noisy environments, and when there is a need to keep the volume low or off. Captions Appear within the media player window Are synchronized with the audio track Can be generated live by AI or a professional captioner Can be added after a video is recorded Transcripts Provide a text description of audio Are best for recordings of spoken audio Appear in a separate text file outside the video player Media Central Recordings added to Media Central are automatically captioned. Do not caption your videos beforehand - once you upload them to Media Central, existing captions will be overwritten. This page provides instructions for editing captions to improve their accuracy. Course-Related Videos Course-related videos may also be posted to Panopto, where they are also automatically machine captioned. For support, contact the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. Editing Captions in Media Central to Improve Accuracy Once you upload a video, the captioning process will begin and generally takes a few hours. Once the process is complete: Go to Media Central. Log in. Pull down the menu under your profile name, and select My Media. In the list of videos that appears, click on the title of the video you want to edit. When the video detail page opens, pull down the ACTIONS menu and select Captions & Enrich. Select the pencil (edit) icon. When the Closed Captions Editor page opens, click on the first caption entry, which will take you to the start of the spoken audio in the video. The select the video play button to follow along. Check back and forth as you listen to the video and read the caption entries. Start and stop the video as needed, so that you can correct the captions to match the spoken audio. Save your work every few minutes. Professional Live Captioning Also known by the technical term "Communication Access Real-time Translation" (CART), live captions are provided by a professional captioner. They may be required as an accommodation. Captions are shown over the bottom portion of the video window. When working with captioning suppliers, provide materials in advance, such as the names of the presenters and those referenced, technical terms, specialized language, references (such as to papers or student presentations), and copies of speeches. For Major Events When you submit a request for Media Event/Production Support, indicate on the form the need for live captioning. You must then also separately schedule live captioning. For Zoom Webinars To enable professional live captioning, you must first submit a request for a Video / Web Conferencing Account. Once your account has been established, schedule live captioning. Contact Video Production Support with any questions or concerns. For Zoom Meetings All staff Zoom accounts are Meeting accounts, so no account request is required. Schedule professional live captioning. Contact Video Production Support with any questions or concerns.
