You can use Lumina to create auto-captions of your media. Alternatively, you can choose an external human captioning service to create the auto-captions.
Before You Start
Ensure you have auto-captioning permissions from your admin.
Adding Auto-Captioning for Existing Media
- Log in to Lumina.
- Click Manage Media.
- Navigate to the media you want, and hover over it.
- Select More....
- Select the Accessibility tab.
- Click Auto-Caption.
- In the Caption language drop-down menu, select the language you want.
- Click Send Caption Request. Once it is processed, the captions will be available.
Adding Auto-Captions During Media Upload
When creators are uploading media, they can request auto-captioning and add words to the Auto-Captioning Dictionary.
Note: These words are not added to the organization's Auto-Captioning Dictionary.
- Log in to Lumina.
- Click Manage Media.
- Click Upload.
- Click Manage Captions.
- In the Select Captioning Method drop-down menu, select Auto-caption.
- In the Language drop-down menu, select the language you want.
- In the Auto-Captioning Dictionary field, enter a word to improve the quality of the auto-captioning and press Enter after each word. Repeat to enter as many words as needed.
- Click Save.
- Click Browse.
- Navigate to and select your media.
- Upload your media file using the Add Media modal.
Check the status of auto-captioning by going to the Media Details panel. When captioning is complete and available, information about the media will be included under Caption Status on the General Media Details page.