Does anyone know how to manually insert timings for Arc video captioning?
I've used the captioning in arc video for a number of videos. However, I have one video which, due to background noise, has at times not successfully converted speech to text. Unfortunately, it is not possible to re-record this video. If I add the text for the missed speech, the timings are out. Hence, my question.
regards
Ross#
Thanks, Chris.
You've set me off on the right path.
The learning never stops!
Ross,
Adding to what Chris wrote:
If you don't want to edit the timings with your computer manually with a text editor, there are programs available that will allow you to work with Captions. I haven't used it much, so don't consider this an endorsement, but I discovered Closed Caption Creator when I was looking to convert a SCC file to a SRT file. It is completely online, so no download or installation needed. It supports importing an existing file, making the changes, and then exporting it back. It can even convert between different formats. I liked that it had down to the partial second, while the editor inside Arc only allowed showed to the nearest second.
The Canvas documentation says that WebVTT works better with mobile, but their player seems to ignore all of the extra things you can do with WebVTT like specify positioning, size, etc. Basically, they convert it to an SRT file. They should really support the other or stop recommending it (I'd vote for supporting it).
Thanks, James. I appreciate your quick response.
Ross,
Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment. Also, if this question has been answered by one of the previous replies, please feel free to mark that answer as correct.
Robbie
?Hi Robbie,
By all means close this question.
Whilst none of the answers was "correct', one of them did get me thinking towards a solution that worked for me.
Thank you personally and as an organisation for your follow up and the great work you do to improve Canvas.
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Ross Glover
Southern Cross School of Distance Education
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Hi Ross Glover...
One possible solution is sort of detailed in this Guide: How do I add captions to media in an Arc account?. You could download the captions that Arc generated for your video, open up the SRT file on your computer, and then edit the captions/times as needed. Then, re-upload the SRT file to your video in Arc. The SRT file needs to look similar to this: How to Create a SRT File.