![]() ![]() A transcript offers no visual context, so every change in speaker must identify them.Ĭaptions do not describe the scene visually. In more robust captions, position and text style can also indicate the speaker. A leading dash then indicates a change in speaker, with the viewer able to see who is talking to understand to who they should attribute the words. When there is more than one speaker, speaker identification in captions generally happens only when the speaker is introduced. ![]() ![]() Most of those formatting options cannot appear in the generated transcript anyway. If you are using auto-generated captions, your transcripts will already be insufficient (or terrible).Īssuming you start with good captions, there are challenges to using them as a transcript.īBC has guidelines for creating captions (which those in the UK refer to as subtitles), though YouTube does not support all the recommended text formatting options. YouTube creates the transcript from the closed captions of a video (the text that overlays the video, as opposed to burned-in or open captions). They almost guarantee a WCAG failure and can leave users more confused (or offended) than when they started. Let’s establish something first - auto-generated captions are a problem. Updated July 27, 2022, originally posted Novem0 Comments ![]()
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