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Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way

Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way. Micah Orloff and Donna Eyestone October 19, 2010 For audio call Toll Free 1 - 888-886-3951 and use PIN/code 300133. Housekeeping. Maximize your CCC Confer window. Phone audio will be in presenter-only mode.

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Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way

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  1. Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way Micah Orloff and Donna Eyestone October 19, 2010 For audio call Toll Free 1-888-886-3951 and use PIN/code 300133

  2. Housekeeping • Maximize your CCC Confer window. • Phone audio will be in presenter-only mode. • Ask questions and make comments using the chat window.

  3. Adjusting Audio • If you’re listening on your computer, adjust your volume using the speaker slider. • If you’re listening over the phone, click on phone headset. Do not listen on both computer and phone.

  4. Saving Files & Open/close Captions • Save chat window with floppy disc icon • Open/close captioning window with CC icon

  5. Emoticons and Polling • Raise hand and Emoticons • Polling options

  6. Micah Orloff and Donna Eyestone Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way

  7. Why Caption? Captioning in Education is the law Allows access to your materials for both those with hearing disabilities, but improves usability for everyone Hearing students might be accessing your content in a place that makes listening impossible

  8. Agenda • Captioning YouTube videos • Captioning with QuickTime Pro ($30) • Dragon Naturally Speaking with Camtasia

  9. YouTube • We have a tutorial on our website! • http://www.onefortraining.org/node/389 • Important: • Make sure your transcript is .txt format • Upload video first – let it encode – then upload transcript • YouTube tries to time text to your audio

  10. Let’s see it in action!

  11. Why Use QuickTime? • Works cross-platform • Is an easy-to-use $30 application • Swiss Army knife of multimedia • converts most any media types • compresses audio/video • Simple audio/video recorder and editor

  12. You probably already have it and so do your students! • Player comes with an iTunes download • Buy registration key from Apple to unlock the Pro features • You need QuickTime Pro to do everything I’m showing today http://www.apple.com/quicktime

  13. Generate Text Transcript • Start creating your audio from a script - which then can be your transcript! • Set QuickTime Pro to play at half-speed and type along with audio/video. • Use Dragon Naturally Speaking (PC only). • Use the DECT grant • Consult with your Disabled Students Program for support.

  14. Format Transcript for Captions • Slice your text into “chunks” as you want them to appear on screen. • Save as a Text-only document.

  15. Open your text-only document in QuickTime Pro Your sentences each appear as a frame in a “text track” QuickTime movie.

  16. Export transcript movie from QuickTime Pro Choose Text to Text and with Descriptors

  17. Open the exported text file in TextEdit or WordPad

  18. Edit your Descriptors Customize the Text Track header Listen to your audio and enter timing info before each sentence Save as Text-Only

  19. Open text-only file in QuickTime Pro Formatted per my header specs. and timed to my audio file, but still not “joined” with my audio.

  20. Open both movies

  21. Add together Select All then Copy Click audio movie thenAdd to Selection and Scale

  22. Synchronized Captions with Audio!

  23. Let’s see it in action!

  24. Donna Eyestone deyestone@mac.com Q&A

  25. Evaluation Survey Link Help us improve our seminars by filing out a short online evaluation survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DIYcaptions

  26. Thanks for attending For upcoming events and links to recently archived seminars, check the @ONE Web site at: http://onefortraining.org/ Captioning Video the Do-It-Yourself Way

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