Closed Captioning and Transcripts

Captions and transcripts help make audio and video content accessible on the web. Here are some ways to add captions and transcripts to audio and video content:

1. Add captions to video content so people with visual or auditory impairments can access that content.
   1. YouTube offers instructions on how to add captions to videos.
   2. Here are instructions for adding closed captioning to Zoom recordings.
2. Add transcripts for video and audio content such as podcasts. There are many free and paid transcription services available online.
   1. Either present transcripts in an interactive transcript window that is part of the video player or link to a transcript next to the video URL.
   2. Learn how to caption cloud recordings on Zoom.
   3. You can also have captions with podcast files displayed within a podcast player in addition to a transcript.