Closed captioning is the process of adding descriptive text on a video that represents the spoken words and other audio content in a video. Closed captioning is an essential accessibility tool that ensures people with hearing impairments can access and enjoy video content, and it has become increasingly important in recent years with the rise of online video platforms and social media.
Ways to generate closed captions
There are a few ways to generate closed captions or a transcript for video. If you don’t have any video editing software but only have a video or recording, below are a few third-party tools & services that can be used to generate a captions file.
Closed captioning services:
Closed captioning in Adobe Premiere:
To create an SRT file, click the ‘Text’ tab in Adobe Premiere, followed by Transcript, and Transcribe Sequence.
After the script file has been created, review for spelling and accuracy. To time the script with the video, click ‘CC’ to create captions with default settings.
Watch video one final time to ensure captions are properly matched in the video, then click ‘…’ in Text menu, export, export to SRT file.
Closed captions on social media
Posting videos with closed captions on social media is a simple yet effective way to make your content more accessible, inclusive, and engaging for a wider audience.
We recommend using the SubRip Subtitle (SRT) file format for captions as it is widely supported and can be used with many different video formats.