Transcribe & add Captions in Clipchamp

This feature can be used to add captions to a video as well as to create a text transcription of a video file. With so much content on the Internet in video format (think of all the YouTube instructional videos available) captions and transcripts are critical for accessibility.

1. Transcribe

Import a video (containing speaking) into Clipchamp (or make a quick screen recording with Clipchamp).

1. Fullscreen mode allows focus on the task at hand
2. Click the Transcribe with AI to use autocaptions button
3. Select the language in the video
4. Click the Transcribe media button
5. Transcription process progress indicator
6. The Transcript is displayed. You can also edit the text to correct any errors or add any information.
7. The captions are visible in the video
8. Option to hide caption in video
9. Option to Download captions (.srt) file (see below)
10. Option to Turn off autocaptions.

2. Edit transcription

Once Clipchamp has finished transcribing, the transcription text is visible and editable, meaning you can edit the captions for your video.

1. Activate the Captions tab
2. Click in the Transcription field
3. Edit the Transcription by adding
4. and correcting as required
5. The captions reflect the edited transcription

3. SRT

The SubRip Subtitle file format (“SRT”) is a subtitle file saved in the SubRip file format with the .srt extension. ^[1] Opening an SRT file in a text editor reveals a simple text file format listing a numbered sequence of timestamps with the transcribed text.

1
00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,320
So here's a super quick demonstration

2
00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,280
using the digital multimedia. You can

3
00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,880
see that on the dial I've selected the

4
00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,720
audible beep for testing continuity.

References:

1. Chishti, M. A. (2020) SRT File Format. Available at: https://docs.fileformat.com/video/srt/ (Accessed: 9 August 2024).