Accessibility Knowledgebase

Important Note: World Caption will not generate captions. Rather, it will format any imported transcript for display as closed captioning. For information regarding transcription services, please contact your technology or accessibility specialist or visit http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/transcribe.asp.

Open the folder where the caption file is located.
    Note: Currently World Caption only supports text files (".txt"). If your transcript has been saved using a different file format (".doc", ".rtf", ".html") you will need to save it as a text file. Please refer to your word processing documentation if unsure how to do so.

Select the file and drag it onto the caption pane in World Caption.

World Caption supports multiple captioning tracks for each video. To keep them separate, it is recommended you follow these steps:

Enter a unique, descriptive track name in the "Title" box.

Select whether the track should be treated as text or graphic using the "Track Type" drop-down. Captions exported as text are rendered while the movie is being viewed, and will be sized accordingly. However, if the computer being used to play the captioned movie does not have the correct font installed the captions may not display properly. Exporting the captions as graphics will ensure they are viewed correctly, but may resut in distortion and pixelation if the movie is resized.

Using the check boxes, select whether to include the caption track when exported and whether it will be visible when the file is opened (if there is only one caption track these are selected by default). Users will be able to access the caption tracks which are not visible at open through their QuickTime player controls.

World Caption allows you to change the color, size and font of the captions.

Using the "Font Color" and "Background Color" boxes you can change the color and opacity of the captioning so it is easily read against the video.

Select "Times", "Helvetica" or "Verdana" from the font drop-down box.

Select the desired font size from the drop-down.

Click on the "Preview" button to see the selected options displayed on the video. Make adjustments or changes as needed.

World Caption allows you to position the captions to prevent obstruction of important visual information.

Select the desired text alignment using the "Alignment" drop-down.

Using the "Position" drop-down, select whether the captioning should be placed at the top of the video, the bottom of the video, or below the original video.