{"id":948,"date":"2022-05-20T18:33:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=948"},"modified":"2024-08-14T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:38:13","slug":"closed-captioning-for-facebook-videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/closed-captioning-for-facebook-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed Captioning for Facebook Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Facebook allows you to provide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/closed-captioning.html\">closed captioning (CC)<\/a>&nbsp;on videos. Why should you use closed captioning on Facebook?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Law<\/em>: All non-textual content require alternative text in order to aid those who cannot see or hear the media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Searchable<\/em>: Alternative text assists with Facebook search results by collecting important keywords\u00a0in your video content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Convenient<\/em>: Most social media users are watching videos without the sound on, so closed captioning and subtitles encourage larger viewership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos designed on Facebook that get the most viewership use the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Background sound indicating the mood for users that may turn sound on. It is not necessary for the message, but can be helpful to those who want to convey mood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closed captioning for dialogue. This is require when dialogue is present, since it conveys the message.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subtitles to describe the message in storybook fashion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration is less than three (3) minutes long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Closed captioning is not subtitles.<\/strong>&nbsp;Subtitles are displayed on the video and cannot be turned off. When using subtitles, make sure you have a link to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/transcriptions.html\">full text transcription<\/a>&nbsp;on your post. This could be to the original YouTube post or a webpage with more information (e.g. news article, press release, event page).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Closed Captions to Facebook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on time and budgetary resources, you may either do the closed captioning yourself (e.g. your staff, interns, or volunteers) or hire a transcription service to transcribe and synchronize the audio on your video for you. Contact Web Operations for assistance and approved transcription service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/509746615868430\">Facebook is rolling out an interface<\/a>&nbsp;similar to YouTube&#8217;s for automatically creating and then editing the closed captions. For users without this new interface, Facebook require you submit an .srt file.&nbsp;If you use YouTube to assist you with the closed captions, there is an easy way to pull those captions into Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Edit<\/strong>\u00a0the video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to\u00a0<strong>Subtitles\/CC<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Actions<\/strong>\u00a0dropdown menu and select \u201c.srt\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rename the file to whatever-filename-you-want.en_US.srt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Edit<\/strong>\u00a0the video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll to\u00a0<strong>Captions<\/strong>\u00a0and upload whatever-filename-you-want.en_US.srt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook allows you to provide&nbsp;closed captioning (CC)&nbsp;on videos. Why should you use closed captioning on Facebook? 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