Interested to know how open captions do well for each of us? Oh well, many viewers watch the videos on mute. Yes, you read it right. They intend to read the content of the video and that is only possible through texts. Want to know how? Many of the viewers don’t even hear a single word. Now, how can they understand the video through visuals? Possible? Yes – It is only possible by adding open captions to get the maximum views on your videos and get an exponential reach!
Want To Know More About Open Captions?
Knowing the fact that YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms that have videos; also have subtitles – so do not confuse it with open captions. These subtitles only appear when the viewer clicks on them, which means it is the dependent of a person if he wants to read it or is only interested in hearing the audio of the videos. But, Open captions increase the number of viewers as it is being played by a large group of people. Burn-in subtitles and open captions are almost similar but the slight difference between them is the word subtitles shows that it is the translation of any foreign language. The video file is being hard-coded by these open captions and it means that if you upload your video to any hosting platform or if you share it with any distributor, there will be only one file. These open files can be delivered in many different formats including SCC for broadcast television, SRT for online videos and a long list
How To Add Open Captions To A Video?
We are listing a few steps that can help you easily add open captions to any video that you want to go viral. Let’s hop on!
1. Preparation Comes First
As we have mentioned earlier, you can have different formats to upload captions. But if you are looking to increase the readability, and want your video to have a hopping reach; do not forget to add minute details like [laughter] and [music] inside square brackets to make it more visible. You can also add >> to show if there is another speaker.
2. Time To Upload Captions
Once you have uploaded your video, now you can easily add captions to it. You can find hire any professionally trained team to make and upload captions for you without any hassle. Or you can even do it yourself, once you have uploaded the video. It is simple and easy. Sign in to drive.google.com. Now click on the video you want to add open captions. Click the ellipses and select manage caption tracks. Now click on Add New Caption Tracks. All you have to do now is click on Select file and choose a caption that you want to upload. You have options to choose between languages. Now add a name to the track and click upload. Tadaa!
Want To Edit Caption Tracks?
If you want to edit caption tracks then click on the video file. Now click on More, the three ellipses, and select Manage Caption Tracks. Click on the caption track to edit – if you want to edit its name or language. Once you are done, save the file. No problem if you want to delete the previously uploaded caption tracks from the video files. Click More, now select Manage Caption Tracks. Now you can delete the caption by clicking Delete, next to the caption track.
To Conclude
We know visuals are getting a higher demand in the market, but there are still many people who may consider it as a foreign language, or they may not understand the accent of the speaker so it becomes a necessity to add an open caption to the videos. Open captions not only help viewers to get a command over the particular topic but it gives a good number of views to the video itself.