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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 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.
Warning title Artificial Intelligence isn't perfect Panopto uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automatically generate captions. Sometimes the AI engine does not have the necessary vocabulary to accurately convert the spoken words into text. We find this issue most often in courses with specialized jargon (e.g. STEM courses).
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.