How to enable captions on student-facing videos

Unfortunately, we don't currently have the technology to allow for closed captions on our student-facing videos in the EB Writing Program, however, it is easy to add captions to the videos when viewed in Google Chrome!  Please note that Live Caption is only available in English.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More (three verticle dots) > Settings.
3. At the bottom of the Settings page, click Accessibility.
4. Turn on Live Caption.

Tips:

• When you play a video, to turn on captions, at the top right click Media control (music staff and note).
• To use live captions for videos that autoplay, turn on the video volume.
• When you click away from the tab with sound, live captions will appear in a hover bubble that you can drag. To return to the tab with audio, click the button with the box with an arrow.

To customize your captions to make them easier to read, you can:

• Collapse and expand captions with the arrow on the caption box.
• Select the captions to move them to your preferred place on your browser.
• Change your caption font, size, color, and opacity.
• Change the background color and opacity.

To customize the font:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More (three verticle dots) > Settings. 
3. At the bottom of the Settings page, click Accessibility > Caption preferences.
4. In your computer's system preferences, select your customization.