Tuesday, October 29, 2019

YouTube - Closed Captioning and Transcripts

Have you ever wished you could have a transcript of a YouTube video you watched?
Do you ever use Closed Captioning on YouTube videos?  Did you even know that you could?  


I occasionally watch YouTube videos to learn how to do something or to learn more about a topic or person.  I just learned about two "tools" available for YouTube videos that may help me when I do that:  Closed Captioning and Transcripts    
I  made a screencast to show you how to access both Closed Captioning and Transcripts on YouTube:  http://somup.com/cq6UXgff9f  It demonstrates how to do this on a laptop or desktop computer.  The screen on your mobile device will look a little different, so you will just have to explore.

Now....not all videos have transcripts available using the method I demonstrate in the screencast, so you may need to copy and paste the URL (address) of the YouTube video using this website to access a transcript of a video:  https://www.vidreader.com

Disclaimer:  As with any digitally transcribed text, the transcript may contain words that are misspelled. :-)

Happy Halloween week! And, if you live in my area.......brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Jeline

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