Video Captioning

• About Captioning

  A look at different types of captioning.

• Automatic Speech Recognition

  Automatic Speech Recognition has improved dramatically over recent years.

• Auto-generated Captions in MS Teams

  How to enable auto-captions in MS Teams.

• Automatic Transcription in Lecture Capture (Echo 360) and Kaltura

  How to activate and edit automatic transcription in Leccture Capture (Echo 360) and Kaltura.

• Style Guide

  In order to maintain reading rate, non-essential information can be removed.

• Video Conferencing for Hearing Impaired Staff

  Software-based meetings, such as Zoom video conferencing, are particularly difficult for staff members who have hearing impairments.

• Video Captioning Providers (staff access only)

  Instructions on how to engage a video captioning provider.

• Creating Captions with MovieCaptioner

  MovieCaptioner is a captioning program for Mac and Windows that exports in a variety of formats.

• Uploading Captions to YouTube

  On YouTube, locate the file's Captions and Subtitles page, and upload your SRT file.

• Live Remote Captioning

  Instructions on how to provide captions in real time.

• WCAG 2.0 Standards

  If video files are used, captions or a synchronized text transcript should be provided.

• Hearing Impairment

  Tips that all deaf and hearing impaired students want teachers to know.

Contact Us

For assistance or to report accessibility problems please contact:

Andrew Normand
Web Accessibility Lead
Email: anormand@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9035 4867