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Live Captions By Richard Rost 
4 years ago
Live Captions in Google Chrome for Windows 10, 11 In today's video, I'm going to show you how to enable Live Captions (closed captioning) in Google Chrome for Microsoft Windows 10, 11. LinksThanksSpecial thanks to my student, Carol Herriot, for teaching me about this feature.
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IntroIn this video, I will show you how to enable live captions in Google Chrome for closed captioning on most videos, including those not hosted on YouTube. We'll walk through the steps to activate this accessibility feature from Chrome's settings, discuss compatibility with other browsers like Microsoft Edge and Firefox, and look at basic options for customizing your captions. If you need real-time captioning anywhere online, this tutorial will help you get started quickly using Google Chrome.TranscriptWelcome to another FastTips video brought to you by WindowsLearningZone.com. I am your instructor Richard Rost.In today's video, I'm going to show you how to turn on live captions, closed captioning, in Google Chrome that will work with pretty much any video. One of the nice things about YouTube is that they automatically generate closed captions for videos. Every video that I upload gets an automatic caption file generated, and that's pretty cool. You can turn on captions right there, and then when the video plays in today's video captions, you can see how to build them. That's pretty cool. I'm a database management instructor. However, for my paid videos that I don't upload to YouTube and have to host on my video server, I don't have that luxury. Fortunately, Google Chrome has a built-in feature that allows you to turn on live captioning, which basically means that Google will listen to any audio and convert it to text. After using it for a while, it's actually pretty accurate too. How do you do it? First, get yourself Google Chrome. It's my personal preferred browser. Yes, Microsoft is making strides with Edge, the new browser, but I'm pretty entrenched with Chrome myself, so I won't be switching anytime soon. I use it once in a while, but I've been using Chrome since it came out. Microsoft, I love you, but Internet Explorer just didn't cut it back in the day, so I switched to Chrome. That's where all my stuff is set up, so I'm staying there. I did a little research, and as far as I can tell, there's no easy way to turn this on in Edge. I did a quick search, and apparently there are some third-party plugins you could get, but it was too much work for me, so I spent a few minutes looking into it and I gave up. So maybe by the time you're watching this, Edge will have a nice, easy setting to turn it on. As far as Firefox goes, I haven't used Firefox in years, so if you're using Firefox, you're on your own as far as checking to see if that feature is in there. And if you're using Opera, sell your Mac and buy a PC. Once you have Chrome installed, go to the Settings menu, come down to Settings, then down to the left and find Advanced, and then Accessibility. Right here you get live caption. I have it turned on - I'll just turn it off and turn it back on again. You may see it downloading some captions file data. It takes just a second or two depending on your Internet browsing speed. There are some preferences here you can click on. This actually opens up a Windows Control Panel dialog where you can change some of your preferences. I'll close that for now. Once you have live captions on, you can close that Settings tab, go back to any page with videos on it, and then click to run them. In lesson three, we will be focusing on this little caption. We'll be moving around. I'll show you how to size our objects to the grid. We'll talk about grid lines versus grid dots. I get email all the time from people. Some people see the grid lines. Some people see the grid dots, and I'll show you how to switch between them. Then we'll do a lot of this. If you don't want it temporarily, you can just close it right there. It'll turn off for this particular video. If you want to disable it, just go back into Settings and hit the Disable button. Special thanks to my student Carol for teaching me about this feature. I personally never use captions on my computer, so I didn't even know this existed. However, strangely enough, I almost always turn captions on when I'm watching TV because I don't have to crank the volume of the TV up loud at night. So yeah, weird. But it's a great feature. Carol, thank you again for bringing it to my attention, and I hope this helps some other people that need closed captions. Thanks for watching this FastTips video from WindowsLearningZone.com. Again, I am Richard Rost, your instructor, and we'll see you next time. QuizQ1. What is the main feature demonstrated in this video?A. Turning on live captions in Google Chrome B. Installing Chrome extensions C. Customizing the Chrome homepage D. Changing your default browser Q2. How does Google Chrome provide live captioning? A. By manually uploading caption files B. By automatically generating captions from any audio C. By downloading caption packs from third parties D. Only for YouTube-hosted videos Q3. Which browsers did the instructor mention as not having easy live captioning support? A. Safari and Edge B. Edge and Firefox C. Opera and Safari D. Brave and Firefox Q4. Who brought the live captioning feature to the instructor's attention? A. His colleague John B. His student Carol C. His friend Mike D. His brother Steve Q5. Where in Chrome's settings do you enable live captions? A. Under Privacy and Security B. In the Sync and Google services menu C. In Advanced, then Accessibility D. Nowhere, it is not available Q6. What happens the first time you turn on live captions in Chrome? A. You have to restart the browser B. Chrome downloads some caption files C. You configure your microphone D. It enables captions for all browsers Q7. If you want to disable live captions after enabling them, what should you do? A. Uninstall Chrome B. Close Chrome and reopen it C. Go back into Settings and turn them off D. Install a separate extension Q8. What does the instructor mention about his use of different web browsers? A. He prefers Microsoft Edge over Chrome B. He frequently uses Firefox C. He mostly uses Chrome and sometimes Edge D. He exclusively uses Opera Q9. What reason does the instructor give for using captions while watching TV? A. To improve understanding of foreign content B. To avoid using headphones C. So he does not have to turn the TV volume up at night D. Because his TV does not have sound Q10. What is required before enabling the live caption feature discussed in the video? A. Installing a third-party plugin B. Having Google Chrome installed C. Using a Mac computer D. Subscribing to a premium account Answers: 1-A; 2-B; 3-B; 4-B; 5-C; 6-B; 7-C; 8-C; 9-C; 10-B DISCLAIMER: Quiz questions are AI generated. If you find any that are wrong, don't make sense, or aren't related to the video topic at hand, then please post a comment and let me know. Thanks. SummaryToday's video from Windows Learning Zone covers how to enable live captions, or closed captioning, in Google Chrome that will work with almost any video. YouTube makes adding captions easy since it automatically generates them for all uploaded videos. This automatic captioning is a valuable feature because viewers can turn on captions directly in the video player, making content more accessible. As someone who creates a lot of video content, I benefit from YouTube's captioning for all my public videos.However, for paid content or videos that are not hosted on YouTube, that option is not available. If you have videos stored elsewhere, captions do not get generated automatically. Fortunately, Google Chrome has a built-in setting that provides live captioning for any video playback. This feature works by listening to the audio in your browser and converting it to text in real time. In my experience, the quality of the transcriptions is surprisingly good. To use this feature, you need to have Google Chrome installed. Personally, I have used Chrome for years as my primary browser. While Microsoft Edge continues to improve, I am most comfortable with Chrome and have my work environment set up around it. Turning on live captions in Chrome is easy. After installing the browser, open the Settings menu, then navigate to the Advanced section and select Accessibility. Here, you will find the option to enable live captions. Just toggle it on. When you do this, Chrome may briefly download necessary files for captioning to work. This usually only takes a moment, depending on your internet speed. There are some additional preferences available if you want to adjust the appearance or behavior of the captions. These can be found in the Windows Control Panel, which opens from within Chrome's settings. Once live captions are activated, you can close the settings tab and continue browsing as usual. Any video that includes audio will now display captions automatically while playing. If you need to disable captions during a particular video, you can simply close the caption bar. To turn the feature off entirely, just return to the Accessibility settings and toggle it off. Currently, there is no straightforward way to enable this same functionality in Microsoft Edge. While third-party plugins exist, I found the process overly complicated and did not pursue it for long. It is possible that a future version of Edge will add a similar setting. As for Firefox, I have not used it in years, so I cannot comment on whether it has caught up in this area. For users of Opera, my suggestion would be to consider switching platforms. I want to thank Carol, one of my students, for letting me know about this feature. I do not typically use captions on my computer, so I was unaware that Chrome even offered this. Oddly enough, I tend to use captions on my television at night so I can keep the volume low, but never thought much about it for browsers. It turns out that live captions in Chrome are a fantastic addition for anyone who needs or prefers this type of accessibility. You can find a complete video tutorial with step-by-step instructions on everything discussed here on my website at the link below. Live long and prosper, my friends. Topic ListEnabling live captions in Google ChromeNavigating Chrome settings for accessibility Turning live captions on and off Customizing live caption preferences Temporarily disabling live captions for videos Permanent disabling of live captions in Chrome |
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