Do-it-yourself YouTube Captioning

Even if YouTube automatic captions are not up to UM standards, you can use YouTube to create a transcript and edit it. The process for doing this is listed below but only parts of it may be relevant to your situation.

Login and select “My Channel” as shown below. Select the video you wish to transcribe. Select “English” as the video language when a dialogue window opens that contains that question.

Select “Add new subtitles or CC” and “English.”  This is different than English (Automatic).

As shown below, you can then select “Transcribe and auto-sync." 

Start the video and type what you hear in the transcription window. Using the Transcription mode saves you from pressing Enter to move to new captioning “bubbles” – windows.

Caution: Be sure to check the "pause video while typing" option in the bottom right.

Option 1 (recommended)

Save and download the .srt file. You may also be able to share it with us in your YouTube account that doesn't have an associated active email address.

Send the final transcript to the campus captioning services:

• If this is for a course with identified deaf or hard of hearing students, please contact Office for Disability Equity (ODE) at 406-243-2243. 
• Otherwise, send the transcript to Accessible Technology Services (ATS) at ats@umontana.edu 

You may also temporarily use the video until you receive the captions.

Option 2:

You can accept YouTube's synchronization (see image below). If you use this option, please let ATS review the captions for you or compare them yourself with the timing standards and English grammar rules.