Sunday, November 25, 2012

Creating Closed Captions and Subtitles for YouTube Videos


Once you have fully developed your YouTube channel and your series of web videos, it is time to take things to the next step. By having your videos on more than one platform and having your own YouTube channel, your company is already generating traffic and views. It also has a leg up on the competition. But, if you want to increase search engine optimization and user engagement, incorporate closed captions and subtitles to your YouTube videos. The process of doing so is not rocket science. You have to upload the content and take all of the necessary steps, but after that is completed the captions are fulfilled. Go the extra mile and add some text to your videos to drive your company's success.

The first task is to create a transcript. It is very simple and easy to accomplish. Considering YouTube accepts plain text transcripts, it is necessary to establish a script of any video of your choice. Choose a video from your channel and start writing the transcript. Follow all of the guidelines that YouTube provides to create a transcript that fits your needs and YouTube's. Hit every mark so that there will not be any mistakes or confusion when the process is completed. Once the transcript is uploaded completely, test out the various programs that assist with the developing of captions and subtitles. Choose one that best suites you and your needs for this aspect. Follow through with all of the guidelines and do what is necessary to complete this task.

The next step is to save your transcript. The transcript needs to be saved as a plain text file in order for it to be uploaded and reconfigured by YouTube. This portion is extremely important for the process to be fulfilled. It absolutely has to be in a plain text format or else the placement and captions will not appear as you would want them. The caption will be out of place, unprofessional, and annoying rather than being useful. Be aware that you do have the ability to change or edit the original transcript after it has been uploaded and saved to the platform. Whatever changes need to be made after it has been viewed can be fulfilled in order for the material to be read better on screen.

Finally, upload the transcript to YouTube. Go through the motions of uploading the content on the channel once all of the tasks have been completed. Double and triple check that all of the content has been saved and is ready to be submitted. Try to avoid mistakes and confusion at all costs. Once everything is submitted and live, review the transcript on your video and see how well everything flows. It is up to you to decide whether or not the captions or subtitles are sufficient and necessary for your video. Test out this format on one or two web videos and decide whether or not it is worthy. Once you have executed this format well and know how to proceed, apply captions and subtitles to your other videos if needed.

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