For decades now, efforts for universal accessibility have been made. However, this issue is still valid and will remain so. With the objective of improving accessibility for all, concerns are growing, leading to increasingly stringent regulatory measures. “The Americans with Disabilities Act”, commonly...

Subtitles for the web and for television = same standards? Not at all! Subtitles intended for television broadcasting must meet several distinct standards. Here are 6 specificities you can find in North American TV transcription. 1. “As is” transcription It is important not to modify or translate...

For quite some time now, a significant digital transformation in education has been underway. However, in 2020, the transition was greatly disrupted due to the necessity of remote teaching, a consequence of the global pandemic we experienced. As online education continues to expand in our institutions,...

When shaping our advertising campaigns, our ideas and decisions must be based on reliable data. Each organization has a large database, whether structured or not, from different sources in audio or video format. Once the data is collected, it must be analyzed and made a visual representation. Data...

An unexpected error occurred is a generic error message in Adobe Premiere that indicates that the software has encountered a problem but cannot provide specific information about the nature of the issue. This error can occur for a variety of reasons, ranging from software bugs to hardware conflicts or...

Dynamic linking in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects allows for seamless integration between the two programs, enabling you to work on compositions in After Effects and import them directly into Premiere Pro without the need for rendering. If you’re encountering errors while using Dynamic...

Ready to tackle unsupported formats or damaged files in Premiere Pro? Don’t let file issues slow you down – give it a shot. This can happen due to various reasons such as using a codec that Premiere Pro doesn’t recognize or having a codec that is not installed on your system. To troubleshoot...

We offer four types of files that you can download for your subtitles/transcription: SRT, VTT, SCC, and TXT formats. 1. The .srt file type This is a type of subtitle file primarily used for videos. This is the preferred format for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Adobe Premiere Pro, Vimeo, and the majority...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today, when scrolling on social media like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and many others, there’s not a day without coming across what we call influencers. This newly born profession represents a major asset in Marketing strategies. Most of the content dedicated to promote an article, tool, website,...

Testimonial from a satisfied customer who will NEVER make subtitles himself again, for fear of losing his mind and smashing his keyboard against the wall. When I started creating videos, I was so motivated that I was able to create more than twenty videos in just a few days. I quickly found myself with...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...