Page Content
Create Captions for YouTube
The following pages contain information on how to add captions to a YouTube video with MovieCaptioner.
- Media Commons
- MovieCaptioner (Synchrimedia) – Free to Penn State
Upload Captions into YouTube
Captions can be uploaded into YouTube as an file with time codes or a text transcript with no time codes (YouTube uses speech recognition to set time codes).
See the YouTube Support page for more information.
Add Time Codes to Transcript
If you have a plain text transcript, but need to set time codes, you can use YouTube to add them with the help of their speech recognition engine.
See the YouTube Support page under Transcribe and set timings (original video language only) for more information.
Generating Captions from Speech Recognition
Any captions generated by YouTube speech recognition should be reviewed for accuracy. See the Speech Recognition page for more information.
Using YouTube and Screen Readers
The following pages contain information on how to use YouTube in a screen reader.