{"id":4888,"date":"2022-03-03T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:49:03","slug":"google-drive-captions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4888","title":{"rendered":"Google Drive Captions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google Drive is a great tool for sharing files, especially ones such as videos that are too large to send through an email.&nbsp; It also has the ability to add captions to those videos!&nbsp; The interface is similar to YouTube\u2019s but there is no AI driven auto-captioning, so you\u2019ll need to upload either a caption file (SRT or similar) or a transcript and let Drive attempt to match the transcript to the video.&nbsp; I would recommend generating the captioning file, personally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To add captions to a video in drive, open the context menu and select \u201cManage caption tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4889 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption1-155x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption1-155x300.png 155w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption1.png 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That will bring you to a new tab where you can add a caption track.&nbsp; When you activate the Add New Caption Tracks link, it\u2019ll open a dialog where you can either select a file in Drive or upload a new one. &nbsp;Once uploaded, you\u2019ll see the new track in the list below the link along with details such as the language, editor, and time added.&nbsp; You\u2019re good to go now!&nbsp; Anyone who views that video can activate the CC button on the player and choose which track to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Caption3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need a method to create the captioning file, I would recommend CADET (available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/foundation\/what-we-do\/ncam\/cadet\">https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/foundation\/what-we-do\/ncam\/cadet<\/a>).&nbsp; This free program available from the The National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH is a fairly easy to use tool that can create a variety of caption files or transcripts.&nbsp; It\u2019ll take a little bit of setup and getting used to, but once you get the keyboard shortcuts memorized, video captioning will be done quickly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For additional help with adding captions to videos in Drive, go to Google\u2019s Help Center here: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/1372218?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/1372218?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4888\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Drive is a great tool for sharing files, especially ones such as videos that are too large to send through an email.&nbsp; 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