Captioning Services

Captioning services involve creating text-based versions of audio or video content, which help make media accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as those who prefer reading or need help understanding spoken language. These services convert spoken dialogue, sound effects, music cues, and other relevant audio into written form, usually displayed as captions or subtitles on a screen.

There are two main types of captioning:

1. Closed Captions (CC): These are captions that can be turned on or off by the viewer. They include both the dialogue and non-verbal sounds (e.g., music, sound effects).

2. Open Captions: These are permanently embedded into the video, meaning they cannot be turned off.

Captions and subtitles are commonly used in movies, TV shows, online videos, live broadcasts, educational videos, and many other media formats.

Use Panopto or Zoom to create video recordings. Use Panopto, Zoom Cloud or YouTube Studio to host your videos. For additional hardware and software recommendations contact captioning@isu.edu or call 208-282-3559 for more information.

Review the following on how to generate auto-captions: 

• Panopto | Caption support documentation
• YouTube | Add subtitles and captions
• Zoom | Managing automated Captions

Please contact captioning@isu.edu or call 208-282-3559 for more information.