Building access to global information through subtitles, captions, and localization
Hot take: automatic captions are not that cool – auto-magic captions are. Think about it for a second, you’ll get it. Let me help you out. You have lots of stats all over the internet today talking about automatic captions and how cool they can be for accessibility and marketing reasons. I won’t deny that,…
There are a lot of reasons to add captions and/or subtitles to your videos; these 5 are our favorite. #1 – Accessibility and inclusion This is our number one top reason! In order to watch, understand, and/or learn from video content, viewers who are Deaf or hard of hearing rely on captions. And this group…
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Marketing videos have skyrocketed in the last few years, and rightly so. People consume video content more than before. For marketing and advertising companies, using captions and subtitles for in-house videos or for client videos could bring in more customers and reach new markets. More importantly, it helps everyone get with the times: today accessibility…
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Making media content available and accessible gives people like me the choice to explore and learn regardless of language barriers. It makes us all more connected, because when we can understand each other’s media, we are closer to understanding each other too.
With over 2.5 billion people watching video on YouTube each month, these three tips on growing your business with captions and subtitles can help your video (and your business) go further! Let’s start by defining the terms: Captions are same language subtitles, meaning the same language spoken in the video.Subtitles are translated captions into other languages than…
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Today, education is a rollercoaster of possibilities and fun. The last few years, more than ever, have shown that the education industry has been a dynamic process rather than a static, know-it-all environment. Across the globe, schools and universities are implementing necessary changes to fit with the contemporary world that we live in. Educators are…
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Captions make video more accessible no matter where your videos are hosted. But what are the additional benefits of putting captions on your online content?
