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Captions crucial, but not just for the reasons you think.<\/p>\n
While most people think of captions as being for people who are d\/Deaf or have hearing loss, captioning also provides benefits to people who speak a different language, are learning to read, are watching in a noisy (or quiet!) space, and those who learn better through visually processing information.<\/span><\/p>\n Captions can also help improve learning! More than 100 studies<\/a> have shown that captioning improves recall, attention to and comprehension of video content.<\/span><\/p>\n For more details, see the captioning section of the digital accessibility online course<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Creating captions for video content” module_id=”createContent” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_id=”findVideos” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Finding captioned videos” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_id=”webContent” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Using existing un-captioned content” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is your captioning need? Create original…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"splash-page.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Accessible video content - captioning","_seopress_titles_desc":"Tips to help you make sure your video content is accessible to everyone.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
A single speaker should be identified at the start of the video; multiple speakers should be identified as the speaker changes, especially when there are off-screen speakers or overlapping speech.<\/li>\nRecording content with captions<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/span>Writing a script before recording makes captioning far easier \u2014 you can use it as a starting transcript.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
\nYou can use a software solution like Zoom or ScreenPal to capture captions based on the transcript.<\/span><\/li>\n
\nUpload your script as a caption file.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAdding\/editing captions in Google Drive<\/a> – Adding captions\/syncing transcripts in YouTube<\/a> – Editing captions in Screenpal<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
\n<\/span>Review the video to make sure that the captions are synced correctly.
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\n<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Center for Teaching and Learning <\/a>assists faculty and staff with video lecture production including screen captures and narrated PowerPoints. Student may contact the Research and Writing center or drop by during open hours for assistance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nAdding captions to an mp4 file<\/h3>\n
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\nAuto generate captions on the file. Auto-generated captions are *not* WCAG 2.1 AA compliant by default, due to spelling and punctuation errors that often occur (though, since 2025, accuracy has dramatically improved), but they do give you a great starting point for captions and often require only minimal editing and this is the recommended starting point for WOU course content.
\nAdding\/editing captions in Google Drive<\/a> – Adding captions\/syncing transcripts in YouTube<\/a> – Editing captions in Screenpal<\/a>
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\n<\/span>Using the built-in caption editor, correct punctuation, capitalization, and any mis-transcribed words. Auto-captions alone do not meet WCAG 2.1 AA \u2014 this step is required.<\/span><\/li>\n
\n<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Center for Teaching and Learning <\/a>assists faculty and staff with video lecture production including screen captures and narrated PowerPoints. Student may contact the Research and Writing center or drop by during open hours for assistance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
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