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- Create or upload your video into Panopto as you normally would. The captioning process occurs after the video is uploaded and processed.
- In your assigned Panopto folder, click on the Edit button next to the video you want to caption.
- On the left-hand side, select the the Captions tab, and pull down the Import captions menu. Select Import automatic captions.
- You will now see the automatically generated captions appear along the lefthand side of the screen.
- You can edit each caption by clicking inside the text box. These automatically generated captions will be around 80% accurate, but all users will need to review these captions and edit where necessary. The captions will also lack punctuation and capitalization.
- If you need to edit the time that a caption appears, click on the pencil icon for that particular caption. A pop-up window will appear where you can alter the timecode.
- You may listen and watch your video as you edit the captions, clicking the pause and play buttons as necessary.
- When you are finished editing your captions, click the Apply button at the top right-hand corner.
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Panopto uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automatically generate captions. |
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Sometimes the AI engine does not have the necessary vocabulary to accurately convert the spoken words into text. |
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We find this issue most often in courses with specialized jargon (e.g. STEM courses). |
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If you find this to be the case with your video, please reach out to accessibility@swarthmore.edu. We will set you up with an alternate captioner to improve accuracy. |
Download the Captions File
- After you've applied the captions , if you and would like to download the captions file, hover your cursor over the video session and select Settings.
- Choose Captions from the menu on the left and then select Download File.
- Open the downloaded file using Notepad, Word, or another text editor and optionally delete the text that includes timestamps.