Accessibility

2020

How to Add a Content Warning to any Video For Free

For violent or traumatizing footage shared on social media, content warnings or trigger warnings are needed, since these types of content can be severely harmful for audiences, especially those with related trauma. Add your own with this template.

Accessibility

How to Add Subtitles to a TV Episode Online

With YouTube removing its Community Captions feature, truly universal video accessibility options are limited. But you can be part of the solution: here's a quick and simple method to add subtitles to a full episode of a TV show online.

2020

5 Tips for Elementary Teachers in 2020: Remote Learning, E-Learning, and SEL

I talked to Denver area 5th grade teacher Adin Becker about his own preparation for remote learning in 2020, materials for virtual classes, and extra efforts to get ready for the unprecedented fall term. Here are some of your biggest priorities for the 2020 classroom.

YouTube

Community Captions Are Gone on YouTube: This is How To Get Them Back

Even though YouTube has made it harder for creators to crowdsource their subtitles, people who valued the feature still have a free, convenient option for adding captions to YouTube content: here's what you can do.

TikTok

How to Add Captions to TikToks

Almost all TikTok videos use sound. But including captions allows the video to be more accessible to all who view it and ultimately, can help you land on more “For You” pages! Creating a TikTok with captions is quick and easy! Just follow these 3 steps!

2020

How to Add Text to Your Cover Photos and Profile Pictures

A photo frame, cover photo message, or profile picture change, when coupled with real activism and donations, is a great way for anyone to make their voices heard. Here's how to add your messages anywhere.

Convert

How to Convert an MKV to an MP4 for Free

Have an MKV format but need an MP4 file instead? MP4 files are the most shareable, viewable movie file on the web. This article shows you how to quickly convert an MKV video file to an MP4.

Caption

How to Add Colored Captions to a Video

Captions are starting to become a necessary part of the video creation process, but why are they always white? Change the color, style, and appearance of the subtitle text by adding open captions for free online.

transcribe

Free Video Transcriber That Writes For You

Transcribing video is a powerful way to ensure your audience sees and understands your message, even if they don’t have sound on. However, transcribing video by hand is a painful and time consuming process.

Creator Spotlight

How Gerta75 Uses Twitch to Shed Light On Living With a Disability

Jacob Gertz pops the tiny push button into his mouth like a piece of gum. He’s ready for war and the 15 viewers tuned into his Twitch stream know it. In the corner of the screen, we see a webcam stream of his face...

Accessibility

7 Online Accessibility Lessons You Might Not Know About

Some web accessibility practices are fairly well-known: providing captions for videos, for example, is now common. But there are so many other ways to make your online content more widely accessible, and most of them are quick & painless. Here's a guide.

Tutorials

How to Add Bilingual Subtitles to Video

Although some social platforms and web browsers provide translations of text, they do not translate videos. In this article, I'm going to show you how to add bilingual subtitles to your videos using Kapwing.

Accessibility

4 Reasons to Automatically Transcribe a Video

Is the hassle of transcribing a video worth it? Transcribing your video and embedding captions at the bottom of a video makes it more accessible, more engaging, and more clear to potential viewers. Here's how and why to do the work.

Tutorials

How to Add Subtitles to an IGTV Video

If you want your IGTV content to take off, you might not know where to start. A lot of the most popular IGTV channels add subtitles to all their videos – this article will show you how!

Accessibility

How to Make an SRT File

Make an SRT file or subtitle file using a free, online tool. Upload the video for closed captions and use the "auto-generate" function to create an SRT file or make one from scratch. Use this simple tool to adjust the text and timings, then download the file to use on social media.

Accessibility

How to Edit an SRT File

A .SRT file (short for “SubRip subtitle”) is a common format for sharing video subtitles, but the files can be difficult to edit. Most text editors don’t support .SRT files, and the

Accessibility

How to Add Captions to a Twitter Video

Videos with subtitles get more engagement on social media since people often browse through apps like Twitter with their sound turned off. They’re also more accessible to people with hearing disabilities as

Accessibility

Make Videos More Accessible with Subtitles

If you’re publishing a video on your website, sharing it with your class, or posting it on social media, consider adding subtitles to the video before you do. Subtitles make videos more

Caption

How to Add Subtitles to An Instagram Video

How to add subtitles directly and permanently to an Instagram video. Embed the text directly into the MP4 before uploading it to IG. Use open or closed captions on Instagram videos to get more engagement on social media.

LinkedIn

How To Add Subtitles To a LinkedIn Video

How do you add captions to LinkedIn videos? Embed text directly into LinkedIn posts in a meme style video or make an SRT file that you can upload for closed captions. Free and online.