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Though hearing impairment can be seen as less of a barrier to web content, it definitely presents its own challenges. In this video, we’ll add transcripts to audio and video content and learn about ways to caption video.
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Though hearing impairment is sometimes
seen as less of a barrier to web content,
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it definitely presents its own challenges.
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In this video, we'll learn how to
add transcripts to video content.
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YouTube has a handy list of
instructions for adding subtitles and
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closed captioning to YouTube videos.
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You'll find a link to it in the notes.
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You'll want to navigate to your
Creator Studio and select a video.
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Within its menu, choose Subtitles & CC.
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At this point,
we need to choose a language.
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Personally, the only language
I speak fluently is English.
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So that's what I'll choose.
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I'll also go ahead and make it
the default language for new uploads.
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I'll finish up by hitting Set Language.
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Now that the menu's loaded up,
we'll go to Add new subtitles or
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CC and choose our language,
in my case, English.
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At this point we've got a few options.
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If you've already captioned the video
elsewhere, you can upload that file here,
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and call it a day.
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If you have a transcription, and would
like to try to match up the words with
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the correct times,
choose Transcribe and auto-sync.
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The last option, Buy Subtitles/CC or
translation is available in
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case you want to employ professional
services to caption your videos.
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The option we're going to try out
today is Create new subtitles or CC.
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It takes some practice to get
the timing just right, but
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we can add subtitles line by
line in this little editor.
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By default, the video will pause if we
start typing in the new caption area.
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You can change the position of
the red line below the video to
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navigate through based on sound levels.
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[SOUND]
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Once you're finished, go ahead and
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hit the Publish button.
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You've got a video with
brand new captions.
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To check to make sure
everything is timed properly,
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you'll need to activate captions
from within the video player.
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