We’ve just released a powerful new feature in Rise 360: closed captioning. Now you can upload closed caption files to videos to make your content more accessible.
It’s easy to add closed captions to your Rise 360 courses. Just click Edit and select Manage captions in any block that showcases a video. Select the language, and then add your file. You can add as many languages as you like.
That's right, Cindy. Rise 360 supports VTT files for closed captions, and it's only available for video blocks. You can read more about the closed captioning feature here!
I am having the same probably as a couple other people. Captions worked great when testing with the Rise Preview Link but now that the project is exported for web and uploaded, the player says there are CCs you can select, but when selected they do not appear!
I am also trying to add captions to a video and I was wondering if any of you created the .vtt file with the subtitles. I don t own the captions for the video in my language and I wanted to know if I can do it myself. If so, can you please provide me with a template?
You can create a .vtt file by uploading your video to YouTube and using their automatic captioning feature (this works on private and public videos). Automatic captions are available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
The languare I need is Romanian, that's why I was asking if I can do it myself, the translation and then upload it to the video. Is it possible and how hard is it to prepare such file?
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The Web VTT format / standard is set by the w3 consortium. This is their official page for it https://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1 it has examples and you can get quite fancy with the formatting, they have lots of examples of how to do the formatting. For a basic file though it's easy:
Make a plain text file and save it with the file type at the end of the file name as .vtt
Start the Text file with "WEBVTT"
separate captions / content with 2 line breaks between each caption / content
time code is on the line before each caption in the format hh:mm:ss.fff or mm:ss.fff
Most basic example:
WEBVTT
00:00.000 --> 00:08.000 This is a test.
00:08.000 --> 00:40.000 This is the second line.
00:50.000 --> 01:05.000 This is the final line.
The captions will show in this example between 0-8 seconds, 8-40 seconds and 50s - 1min 05s.
So I'm assuming at this point that the text (the content) is formatted appropriately and what you need to do is save the file as the right type.
Word tries to control the document type, but there is a way around this. You need to add the file name and the ending, all in quotes.
When you save your document, you need to select File - Save As, unfortunately in the latest versions on Word, you can't use the window that this provides, it gives an error :( the way around this is to select 'more options', this loads the original 'save as' pop-up window, where the save in quotes works ok.
File
Save As
More options
Select file type: plain text (do this before putting the name in or it tries to force the filetype to .txt)
Add the name in quotes, e.g. "example.vtt"
Save
accept formatting as windows default
This should give you a file which is correctly formatted.
It's great that Closed Captions has been added to Rise and from an accessibility perspective that's even better! I've just added CC to a course I'm building and followed the instructions but I can't test it in Preview mode - the instructions say you have to test it in an LMS or on a web server.
I'm working with a large organisation at the moment and they have tested the Rise courses we are building from an accessibility point of view. They did come up with a number of issues and I'm aware you are working towards certain enhancements.
If CC can't be tested in Preview mode, and only exported into an LM or web server, then how should accessibility testing be done? Via a link or should it also be exported to an LMS or web server to get a true testing?
Its great feature specially when it comes with multiple language for CC text. I have tested this with English language and its working perfectly fine. However, when I tried the same for Korean language, the CC text is not visible.
Could you please suggest what could be the reason? I am using notepad file for CC text and saving them as .VTT format.
For reference I have attached the .vtt files of English and Korean language. Please suggest how to resolve this.
Thank you for posting the VTT files. I uploaded the files into a test Rise 360 course, and I, too, wasn't able to see the Korean closed captions. I opened the VTT file and found that there is a space in between the time stamp and the Korean text. I deleted the space and reuploaded the file, and now I can see the text. Can you try it on your end?
I have a video I created in Adobe Premiere that has captions. I would like them to be closed captions but .vtt is not an output option for closed captioning in Adobes Media Encoder. Does anyone know of a work around for this?
I export captions from Adobe Premiere as a .srt file, I then use this website https://www.webvtt.org/ to convert .srt formatted text to .vtt format.
You don't need to download anything, you open the .srt file in a text editor, copy the text, paste the .srt format text into the website's text entry box and click convert.
It gives you a second text box with the .vtt format text you can then select and paste into another text document and save with the .vtt file format.
I've successfully used the text it outputs as .vtt files with Rise and it shows as Closed Captions with no problem.
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That's right, Cindy. Rise 360 supports VTT files for closed captions, and it's only available for video blocks. You can read more about the closed captioning feature here!
Hello,
I am having the same probably as a couple other people. Captions worked great when testing with the Rise Preview Link but now that the project is exported for web and uploaded, the player says there are CCs you can select, but when selected they do not appear!
Hi Mark,
Was this issue resolved for you. I am experience the exact same problem.
Thanks!
Hello, EPD Seattle! Our team is here to help. Would you mind sending us your web output file so we can test it from our side?
If that works for you, you can send it by opening a case.
Yes, thanks! I'll do that now.
Good morning,
I am also trying to add captions to a video and I was wondering if any of you created the .vtt file with the subtitles. I don t own the captions for the video in my language and I wanted to know if I can do it myself. If so, can you please provide me with a template?
Best regards,
Ioana Cepoiu
Hello, Ioana!
What language do you need?
You can create a .vtt file by uploading your video to YouTube and using their automatic captioning feature (this works on private and public videos). Automatic captions are available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Here's our full guide to adding closed captions in Rise 360.
Hello,
The languare I need is Romanian, that's why I was asking if I can do it myself, the translation and then upload it to the video. Is it possible and how hard is it to prepare such file?
Thanks,
Ioana
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The Web VTT format / standard is set by the w3 consortium. This is their official page for it https://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1 it has examples and you can get quite fancy with the formatting, they have lots of examples of how to do the formatting. For a basic file though it's easy:
Most basic example:
The captions will show in this example between 0-8 seconds, 8-40 seconds and 50s - 1min 05s.
Hope that helps.
Hi, could you explain how I convert my transcript Word file to the VTT format?
So I'm assuming at this point that the text (the content) is formatted appropriately and what you need to do is save the file as the right type.
Word tries to control the document type, but there is a way around this. You need to add the file name and the ending, all in quotes.
When you save your document, you need to select File - Save As, unfortunately in the latest versions on Word, you can't use the window that this provides, it gives an error :( the way around this is to select 'more options', this loads the original 'save as' pop-up window, where the save in quotes works ok.
This should give you a file which is correctly formatted.
It's great that Closed Captions has been added to Rise and from an accessibility perspective that's even better! I've just added CC to a course I'm building and followed the instructions but I can't test it in Preview mode - the instructions say you have to test it in an LMS or on a web server.
I'm working with a large organisation at the moment and they have tested the Rise courses we are building from an accessibility point of view. They did come up with a number of issues and I'm aware you are working towards certain enhancements.
If CC can't be tested in Preview mode, and only exported into an LM or web server, then how should accessibility testing be done? Via a link or should it also be exported to an LMS or web server to get a true testing?
Looking forward to hearing from you :)
Hello, Perry! Try viewing the course Share link, and you should be able to see the closed captions on the video.
Seconding this request. Would be nice to have captions with MP3 audio blocks. Not sure we can call those compliant otherwise.
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Its great feature specially when it comes with multiple language for CC text. I have tested this with English language and its working perfectly fine. However, when I tried the same for Korean language, the CC text is not visible.
Could you please suggest what could be the reason? I am using notepad file for CC text and saving them as .VTT format.
For reference I have attached the .vtt files of English and Korean language. Please suggest how to resolve this.
Hi Amit,
Thank you for posting the VTT files. I uploaded the files into a test Rise 360 course, and I, too, wasn't able to see the Korean closed captions. I opened the VTT file and found that there is a space in between the time stamp and the Korean text. I deleted the space and reuploaded the file, and now I can see the text. Can you try it on your end?
Its Working. Thanks!!
This would be incredible. I've had several clients request this is on by default.
I added the WEBVTT to the beginning of my file, and it still does not work.
Hi there, Eileen! To make sure your closed captions show, click the language option after clicking the CC button:
Let me know if that option isn't working for you! You can share a link to your course in your reply, or connect with us privately by clicking here.
I see that closed captioning is not available for audio files as of this initial post a year ago. I am wondering if it is possibel to do now?
Thanks!
Thanks for checking in, Jamie. While that's not an option right now, we will post an update here if we add that feature to Rise 360 in the future.
I have a video I created in Adobe Premiere that has captions. I would like them to be closed captions but .vtt is not an output option for closed captioning in Adobes Media Encoder. Does anyone know of a work around for this?
Hi Shelley,
I export captions from Adobe Premiere as a .srt file, I then use this website https://www.webvtt.org/ to convert .srt formatted text to .vtt format.
You don't need to download anything, you open the .srt file in a text editor, copy the text, paste the .srt format text into the website's text entry box and click convert.
It gives you a second text box with the .vtt format text you can then select and paste into another text document and save with the .vtt file format.
I've successfully used the text it outputs as .vtt files with Rise and it shows as Closed Captions with no problem.
Regards
David