Closed Captions and Transcriptions

The Student Accessibility and Wellbeing Office (SAWO) is pleased to announce that all students have access to instant automatic closed captions and transcriptions.

How does the closed caption and transcription service work?

At UNE, all video and audio recordings are uploaded to the Echo360 online platform.

Please follow the below steps to access instant automatic closed captions and transcriptions:

  • You can turn on closed captions by clicking the 'CC' button below the video. Captions will be generated on the video.
  • There are detailed instructions on how to access and get the most out of transcriptions  in the next sections.

Screenshot of the Closed Caption button on the bottom right on the Echo screen.

Should you require a higher quality transcript and/or closed captions, you will need to contact the Accessibility & Wellbeing team. Please call us on 02 6773 2897 or email accessinclusion@une.edu.au to discuss your requirements.

Access the transcript

  1. Access the lecture recording through your My Learn unit site.
  2. On the bottom right corner of the video, click on the transcript button, symbolised by the letter 'T' in a speech bubble.
  3. The transcript will be displayed in the right-hand panel  with the current position in the video highlighted.

Screenshot of the transcript button on the bottom right on the Echo screen.

Search the transcript

  1. Type your search term into the search box above the transcript.
  2. Use the arrows to navigate through the results.
  3. Click on the search term in the transcript to go to that position in the video.

Screenshot of the search function on echo located above the transcipts

Download the transcript

  1. Click on the download button located next to the search box.
  2. You can choose to download a .txt  file, or a .vtt which will include the time stamps and can be opened in Word.

Screenshot of the download transcript button

Copy the transcript text to Word

  1. Select all the text (PC: Control + A; Mac: Command + A) and then copy the text (PC: Control + C; Mac: Command + C).Screenshot of Echo360 with transcript selected
  2. Paste into a Word document.
  3. To remove the line breaks, select Replace (PC: Control + H; Mac: Command + Shift + H).
  4. Enter ^p in the Find what: textbox.
  5. Enter a space in the Find what: textbox.

Screenshot of a Word document with the Find and Replace function

  1. Click on the Replace All button.
  2. Click on the OK button.

Screenshot of Word document version of transcripts after remove line breaks

Enabling Captions and Transcripts in Embedded YouTube Videos

Below are screenshots of how to access captions and transcriptions. Please contact our team if screenshots are not accessible for you.

Captions

  1. To enable closed captions, start playing the video and search for the 'CC' button. You can toggle captions on and off with this button.

Screenshot of Youtube with the closed caption button highlighted

Transcriptions

  1. To enable transcriptions, select  the option on the video to 'Watch on YouTube.' This will open the video in YouTube within your default browser.                                            Screenshot of Youtube video in My Learn
  2. Scroll to the video details and click 'more.' Screenshot of Youtube caption with the 'more' button highlighted
  3. There should be a heading titled 'Transcript'  and a 'Show transcript' button beneath to click. Screen shot of you tube with transcript button highlighted
  4. Once you click 'Show Transcript', the transcript should appear side by side with the video. Screenshot of a youtube video showing the transcript window beside it