How to caption a video using Dotsub
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Hello.
Thank you for joining us.
Today we are going to learn
how to caption a video
using the Dotsub platform.
You will notice how the system
is very simple to use
so you will be learning
to caption in no time.
The first thing that you need
is to have a free Dotsub account,
so if you don't have one,
please go now to dotsub.com
and click on "Sign Up Free"
at the top right-hand corner
of your screen and
create an account for you.
Once you are logged in,
first locate the video
that you want to caption
and click on the video thumbnail.
This will take you to the screen
that you have right in front of you.
This is the video page.
Inside the video page,
we need to locate
the Caption and
Translate section,
and within that section,
click on the Caption Video link.
This is the link to the
captioning interface.
As you can see,
the captioning interface
is pretty straightforward.
You have the video player
in the middle,
and then to the right,
you have your toolbox.
Your toolbox
gives you the option to
mark captions as complete,
as ready.
You can switch within
timing modes,
simple and advanced.
You can delete captions
that you have done already
if you need to start over,
and you can import and export
captions that you
have done already.
The subtitle formats that are
supported are .srt and .stl.
You also have a link to this
caption tutorial here
in case you need to
consult anything.
And then you have the
Go Back to Video Page link
that takes you back to the page
we came from.
Then if you scroll down
a little bit,
you have the Add a caption line
section,
which is basically
where the magic happens,
where everything is done,
and to the right,
you have your keyword shortcuts.
These shortcuts are the ones
that you are going to use
in order to get
the video captioned,
so please pay attention to them
because in your computer,
they could be different than mine.
These shortcuts depend on your
browser and your system,
so don't worry if yours are
different from mine.
Just follow what you see
on your captioning interface.
Right now, as you see here,
we have minutes and seconds
under Add a caption line.
I'm going to switch to the
advanced timing mode
so that I can time to the millisecond.
The process is the same,
but the result is more accurate,
so I strongly suggest
that you use
the advanced timing mode.
Once you have taken a look at
your keyboard shortcuts
and you have learned
what you need in order to
play the video, pause the video,
insert the In Time code and
insert the Out Time code,
you are ready to begin.
So first, you're going to click on
the Add a caption box,
and you're going to play
your video.
In my case, it is
Command+Shift+O.
I start listening to the video,
and as soon as
they start talking,
I am going to pause it.
The reason why I want to
pause it is because
I want to insert
the In Time code at ease
and I don't want to miss
anything that is being said.
As soon as you pause it,
you're going to press
Command+Shift+up arrow key,
and that is inserting
my In Time code
as soon as the person
starts speaking.
Then I play the video again,
and I'm going to listen
a little bit to what they say and
then I'm going to pause it again.
After I pause it, I'm going to go
Command+Shift+down arrow key,
and I am inserting the
Out Time code.
After that, I am going to type in
what I heard.
You press Enter,
and your line is saved.
Everything is saved real time
as soon as you press Enter,
so you don't need to worry about
losing anything.
Then you play it again,
you listen a little bit more,
you pause it,
and you insert again
Command+Shift+down arrow key,
a new Out Time code,
and you entered a second line.
Let's do one more line.
I'm going to listen
a little bit more.
I pause it, I insert
the Out Time code,
and I enter my third line.
When you press Enter,
it is saved.
You can go back and forth
in the video
with your keyboard shortcuts
in case you want to listen to
any part again
so as to control and check
whether what you have written
is correct.
Now in my computer,
I do that by pressing
Command+Shift+left key.
As you can see, I go back,
and I can play it again
and take a look at
the captions that I have created.
Now let's assume
I've made a mistake.
In that case, you're going to
pause the video,
and you're going to locate
the caption with a mistake,
and you're going to click on
the little pencil icon
to the right of it.
In there, you're going to make
any edits that you need.
Let's assume that this person
actually started speaking
a little bit earlier, so I'm
going to edit the time code,
and then when I press Enter,
it is saved.
Once you have done
the whole video,
you have captioned it all,
you need to mark these captions
as completed,
and the reason why
you need to do this is because
you need to lock it so that
somebody else
can use it for translation.
These captions that
you're creating,
this time code is going to be
the master template
for any translation that is done
using this video.
You would go to
Mark these captions complete.
The system is going to let
you know that once you do this,
you will no longer be able to
modify the captions.
This is perfectly fine.
You are going to click OK.
Once you do that, you are
taken back to the video page
and the captions are already,
as you can see here
below the video player,
English 100%.
This is what I have done.
The process is very simple,
as you have seen.
You can play it here
and take a look at
how your captions look.
Then anybody else can
come in here
and create a translation
for this.
If you need any help at any time,
you can go to the Help section
here at the very top,
or you can send us an e-mail to
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