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Undeniably Good Reasons to Transcribe Audio to Text Right Now

Undeniably Good Reasons to Transcribe Audio to Text Right Now

As content producers, we know how much each creation requires considerable resources. And if it were possible to do more while saving time on an already busy schedule, would you be interested? To get the most out of our work, we simply need to know how to transcribe audio and video productions to make...

Grow Your YouTube Audience: Proven Tips From Video Creators !

Grow Your YouTube Audience: Proven Tips From Video Creators !

To make our YouTube channels more vibrant, we need more views, more interactions and more followers. The recipe for a growing YouTube audience is already well known. I’m not going to start a revolution today. I suggest we get to the point. Let’s focus on four key aspects of successful audience...

How to add embedded subtitles to your videos?

How to add embedded subtitles to your videos?

Burned subtitles, also known as “burn-in subtitles”, are subtitles embedded directly into the video itself. They are used to display subtitles on videos when platforms do not support classic subtitles or for aesthetic reasons. To add embedded subtitles, you can use video editing software like Adobe...

How To Reuse Your Video Transcripts ?

How To Reuse Your Video Transcripts ?

One of the techniques to attract a wide audience and grow your brand is to create videos. However, this method is just the beginning. Indeed, in order to optimize the impact of your videos, it is necessary to reuse the content on different platforms and in various ways. To achieve this, you should transcribe...

How can subtitles improve audience engagement and retention?

How can subtitles improve audience engagement and retention?

When you produce videos and publish them, you expect them to be seen by a wide audience; that’s called retention. This is already a good thing to do, but keeping this public in the long term is better. We are then talking about commitment. What are subtitles for in this whole thing? They are a Swiss...

Working from home: pitfalls to avoid and solutions

Working from home: pitfalls to avoid and solutions

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, telework opportunities were far more the exception than the norm. During this pandemic period, a large part of the population was forced to adapt their work mode to confine themselves at home. No one can deny this fact: working from home has several advantages that are...

Integrating Subtitles Into Your Video Marketing Strategy : Practical Tips

Integrating Subtitles Into Your Video Marketing Strategy : Practical Tips

I am always on the lookout for new methods to give a boost to my video marketing strategy. Recently, I discovered that integrating subtitles into my video content is crucial for effective marketing. It was a huge change for me. Let me share my experience and the steps I followed. One day, I was in a...

Tik Tok video editing inspiration

Tik Tok video editing inspiration

Tik Tok is a very popular social network at the moment. It is interesting to be present there as a professional. Your competitors are also present on Tik Tok. Therefore, to stand out from them, you just have to create attractive and viral videos. To achieve this, you need to make Tik Tok video edits....

What is the difference between closed captions (CC) subtitles and SDH?

What is the difference between closed captions (CC) subtitles and SDH?

Once you know what are subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed captions and subtitles for viewers, it’s easy to understand their differences. Closed captioning and subtitles are both terms that are used to refer to the broadcast of speech and sound in text format, referring to an audio...

Subtitles SEO Benefits for Your Videos: How to Increase Your Visibility

Subtitles SEO Benefits for Your Videos: How to Increase Your Visibility

One day, while I was on my phone browsing the internet, I came across an interesting video, one of these contents that makes you laugh out loud. However, I encountered a problem: the sound was so weak I had trouble hearing what the protagonists were saying. Moreover, I was on a train, and the surrounding...

5 steps to integrating and modifying your subtitles in Adobe Premiere Pro

5 steps to integrating and modifying your subtitles in Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most widely used video-editing programs available, and is used worldwide. By importing your subtitle files, this software enables you to edit them, integrate them into your video project and export them. The format of the transcriptions produced by ClosedCaptioner.com...

Burned subtitles or SRT, what do the pros prefer to do ?

Burned subtitles or SRT, what do the pros prefer to do ?

You want subtitles on your video. But in which format: SRT format or permanently embedded on the image, burned on the video ? It’s rather hard to answer when you don’t know their differences, even though it’s quite simple. Here’s how it works. Making a standard SRT subtitle file Whether you...

What format should I use for my video subtitles?

What format should I use for my video subtitles?

Subtitles are texts transcripting everything that is said in a video. Some files also include data on the style of subtitles and their position. This is key information, especially for users who are deaf or have hearing impairments. Subtitles are displayed according to time codes programmed to make a...

Why should I be a freelancer at ClosedCaptioner.com?

Why should I be a freelancer at ClosedCaptioner.com?

This article was written by Evelyne, one of our collaborators, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She’s been working with us as a transcriber, editor, translator and editor since August 2021. Discover her story and why she chose to join the team. Freelancers all have their own atypical...

Is it true that 85% of people watch videos without sound on Facebook ?

Is it true that 85% of people watch videos without sound on Facebook ?

The most popular statistic to justify putting subtitles on a video is the one Digiday put out a few years ago “85 percent of Facebook video is watched without sound”, but is it true? I wanted to check… We already know that the majority of people prefer videos with subtitles on Facebook, but is...

How long does it take to transcribe an audio file?

How long does it take to transcribe an audio file?

An audio recording can be an important source of sometimes hard-to-get information. However, referring to audio files is no simple matter, as we often don’t have the time to listen to the documents over and over again. To make the most of the information contained in an audio recording, the solution...

How to play a video automatically on my website

How to play a video automatically on my website

I searched for a long time to find out how to automatically play a video on my HTML5 website, on mobile and desktop, before finding the answer. I’ll give it to you below. For Youtube and Vimeo, it’s easy though. How to autoplay a Youtube or Vimeo video automatically on my website It’s very easy....

Meet our new Order Promises API

Meet our new Order Promises API

When your schedule becomes full, placing an order multiple times on the same website might become a repetitive task. It might be ok for you if you only need 1-5 videos per month, but as both volume and frequency increase, you’ll likely want to streamline the process. Connecting our systems to your...