

From the left menu, select “Subtitles”:.It may take several hours for the automatic closed captions to be generated. *Please note: Automatic closed captions will not be available immediately after uploading your video to YouTube. More information regarding the closed captioning features of YouTube The following steps will show you how to view and edit the automatic captions for your YouTube videos. While this feature is a great starting point for ensuring that your video is accessible, it is important to review and correct any errors in the automatically-generated closed captions. YouTube generates automatic closed captioning for most videos after uploading*. Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technology Resources.Training Materials for Faculty and Staff.Sample Syllabus Accessibility Statement.Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART).What I Wish I Knew Before Coming to Bates.Resources Available to all Bates Students.Mobility Concerns during Inclement Weather.Accommodations and Student Responsibilities.Accessible Education and Student Support Staff.Scroll down to “Upload subtitles/CC”.Accessible Education and Student Support /AESS Page Menu To upload subtitles from a file, go to Details > More Options.

Once here, you can edit the automatic captioning and the timing by clicking on “Edit” on the top-right hand corner. To edit the auto-generated captions provided by Youtube, click on “English by Youtube (automatic)”. We don’t recommend you use automatic captions without editing because they tend to be inaccurate, especially regarding names and scientific terminology. YouTube creates automatic captions for all videos (just click the CC button on the bottom of the your video). Once your file is uploaded into YouTube, you have two options for adding captions: by editing the automatic captions provided by YouTube or by uploading a file. See this help page for step-by-step instructions. Upload Your Videoįirst, upload the video you’d like to caption to your YouTube channel.


Note that you can only caption a video that you have uploaded to your own YouTube account you cannot caption someone else’s video. This page provides a brief introduction to the captioning tool for the videos you have uploaded on YouTube. Adding captions or creating a transcript is especially easy if you start by working with a script. Any video content used for teaching at CUNY SPS should include captions and/or a text transcript to provide access to the video to all users, including those with hearing impairments.
