- Add Captions Using Zoom
- Add Captions Using Camtasia Studio
- Comparison of Caption Tools
- Additional Resources
Captions benefit every help support comprehension and the retension of information. Captions also make your videos more accessible to the deaf, hard of hearing, as well as anyone working on a computer without speakers or headphones. It is fast and easy to add captions to your videos, especially if you're working from an existing script.
Add Captions Using Zoom
I & ITS has developed a Knowledge Base article explaining how to enable and disable live transcription on Zoom.
Add Captions Using Camtasia Studio
Comparison of Caption Tools
Live Event Captioning
| Tool | Live Captioning (automated) |
Live Captioning (manual - requires a person) |
Transcript Available |
| Zoom |
✓
|
✓ (not included with the tool, requires paid professional) |
✓
|
Post-event Captioning
| Tool | Post-event Captioning (automated) | Post-event Captioning (editing - requires a person) | Transcript Available |
| Zoom | ✓ |
✓ (audio transcript can be edited) |
✓ |
| YouTube/Amara | ✓ (YouTube) |
✓ (YouTube - you can edit your own videos; Amara - must be a publicly available video) |
✓ (YouTube) |
| Camtasia | ✓ (speech-to-text available for Windows) |
✓ |
✓ |
Additional Resources
Teaching Assistants' Training Program - Video Captions and Audio Transcripts
https://tatp.utoronto.ca/teaching-toolkit/teaching-with-technology-teaching-online/captions-transcripts/
CTSI - Captioning Video
https://teaching.utoronto.ca/resources/captioning-videos/