The Video Editor provides caption editing tools that can be used to increase the accuracy of the Video Platform's Auto-captioning or to correct captioning when media content is trimmed or altered.
Editing Captions in the Video Editor
The Video Editor offers a full-featured caption editor that includes the ability to add, change, delete captions, or alter the timestamp associated with a caption.
- Hover over a media file that you would like to edit the auto-captions for and click Edit to open up the Video Editor.
- Click the CC button to pull up all the closed captions.
- Below is the list of available actions for closed captions.
- Update the closed-captions timestamps: Adjust the start and end times for each closed-caption line.
- Edit the closed-caption texts: Change the closed-caption texts to add notes, correct wordings, update pronouns, etc.
- Delete a closed-caption line: Remove any unwanted closed-caption lines by clicking on the Trash icon right next to the line.
- Add a new closed-caption line: Add a new closed-caption line to any available point of the media without a caption by clicking on the button Add Caption at mm:ss button.
- Once done, click the Save button to save all the new changes.
Editing Captions During Video Editing
While editing a media file, especially trimming, can cause the closed-caption timestamps to become invalid. In these cases, the Video Editor will notify users which part of the closed captions would be affected so users can act accordingly.
- Hover over a media file and click Edit to open up the Video Editor.
- Trim or clip a part of the media file.
- The Video Editor will show three different statuses to let users know which closed-caption lines are affected.
- Blue - Valid: These closed-caption lines are not affected by the trim.
- Red - Pending Removal: These closed-caption lines will be removed by the trim.
- Yellow - Invalid Timestamp: These closed-caption lines are out-of-sync because of the trim.
Find and Replace Captions
The Find and Replace feature allows users to search for words within the caption transcript and replace them with another word.
- Hover over a video and click Edit to open up the Video Editor.
- Click the CC button to open the closed captions.
- Click the Magnifying Glass icon in the upper-right corner.
- Find: Will search the caption transcript for a particular word or phrase.
- Replace: Will replace the searched word or phrase.
- Single Replace: Click the Replace icon to replace a single selected instance of the searched word or phrase to be replaced.
- Replace All: Click on the Replace All icon to replace all instances of the searched word or phrase with the new phrase in the Replace field.
Editing Captions in Multiple Languages
Users have the ability to edit captions for multiple languages associated with each video.
- Hover over a media file and click Edit to open up the Video Editor.
- Click the CC button to pull up the closed captions.
- In the upper-left corner, the languages available for caption editing can be selected in the dropdown menu.
Captioning Confidence Score
With the ability to provide a Confidence Score within the Video Editor, words that the captioning engine AI may not be “sure of” are highlighted to enable a more streamlined editing experience.
- Hover over a media file and click Edit to open up the Video Editor.
- Click the Gear icon and set a Preferred Score for Caption Quality.
- Any words that are below that preferred score will be highlighted in light blue.
- Users are also able to hover over a word of the closed caption to display the Confidence Score.