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Introduction to Creating Captions Using Amara

Amara is nonprofit organization driven by their mission to foster media ecosystems that enables everyone to benefit from online video content.听 Amara has a free and paid service accounts offering a variety of captioning options. Amara can translate over 50 languages, provides multiple formats and delivery options and is committed to capturing the tone and meaning of your context.

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The Basics of Using Amara

 

This guide will show you how to create captions to make your videos accessible with the help of Amara.org.

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  1. Go to听.听听听
  2. Click听鈥�sign up for free鈥� to create an account.听 Be sure to stay logged in.
  3. Scroll down听补苍诲听颁濒颈肠办听Start Subtitling. This will take you to a new page.
  4. 颁濒颈肠办听Begin听耻苍诲别谤听Subtitle for Free on Amara Public. On the new page听颁濒颈肠办听Add Videos
  5. A new window will appear, in this window听颁濒颈肠办听Upload听and choose a file from your computer. When finished听click听Add to Amara Public
  6. The page will refresh and your video will appear in a new window.
    • If your video was processed from that URL previously, the video will appear with captions on this new page. An English-language label will be present on the left side to confirm the presence of English captions.
  7. Click听the听鈥楢dd/Edit subtitles!鈥�听option to the right of the video to begin adding subtitles.
  8. Select听the language of the subtitles 补苍诲听click听the 鈥�Continue鈥� button.
    • This step cannot be undone, so be sure to select the correct language or there will be multiple English captions with varied accuracy and value.
  9. Follow听the on-screen instructions to add captions to the video.
  10. Select听Review and Complete听option to complete the video. The page will refresh and show the video with a Subtitle menu on the right.
  11. 颁濒颈肠办听Download听to get a .srt file of the captions.
  12. Return听to Canvas 补苍诲听颁濒颈肠办听Choose File.
  13. Select the caption .srt file and select the language.
  14. 颁濒颈肠办听Upload.

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