Video Captioning Options
Introduction
There are several different services for captioning videos to comply with Web and IT Accessibility Guidelines and Procedures.
Video Captioning Options |
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You Tube |
Google Docs |
Camtasia |
Verbit |
3Play Media |
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Use Case |
Ideal when not all of your content is scripted, and when creating department marketing materials. Work with Communications and Marketing to ensure Brand Guidelines have been met. |
Ideal when you need to transcribe a video as you record it. This will tool will produce a transcript you can upload to the tool producing the video. |
Ideal when creating internal and public facing help tutorials and supplementary academic content. |
Ideal for short turn around time. Verbit is a 3rd party transcription and captioning service that specializes in Higher Education content. Transcribing is double checked by a human reviewer before client receives completed work. |
Ideal for for highly technical or specialized academic content supporting diverse speakers, various accents and dialects. 3Play Media is a third party transcription & captioning service. |
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Benefit |
There are 3 ways to achieve captioning depending on the transcripts you have: 1. Type the text in as you watch the video; Both the timecode and text as captions will be added. Upload a transcript (without time code). 2. Youtube will parse the transcript and add timecode. 3. If the captions already exist, the editor can edit any remaining errors. |
Google Docs has a feature called Voice Typing. It is only useful for a few lines that need to be captioned at a time and most helpful for Youtube videos. |
Software allows you to "Copy" and "Paste" a script to create captions. |
Upload your video and audio files to the vendor. You can monitor the status, download captions/transcripts, and edit captions after they have been processed. |
Upload your video and audio files to the vendor. You can monitor the status, download captions/transcripts, and edit captions after they have been processed. |
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Ownership |
End User is required to use tools to create and edit content |
End User is required to use tools to create and edit content |
End User is required to use tools to create and edit content |
Paid service vendor will complete for a fee. Minimum 8 hour turnaround or 5 business days |
Paid service vendor will complete for a fee- minimum 2 hour to 5 day turn around time |
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Cost |
Free |
Free |
Requires a Department purchase for each user license. |
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You will be required to login to view pricing. Pricing information can be found here |
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Toolkits and resources |
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Additional Information |
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