Automatic and Translated Captions for Crimson Circle Videos
Live captioning is a useful feature that can help you better understand spoken English or even translate it to your preferred language, depending on the browser you're using. By turning on this feature, you'll be able to see captions of the spoken words in real-time as they're being spoken (only available for Chrome and YouTube for specific cases). This can be particularly helpful if you're watching a live-hosted cloud class without live translation.
To take advantage of this feature, select your browser or device from the list below.
Chrome
If you’re watching the Shoud webcast or a Cloud Class video in the Google Chrome browser, you can now have Chrome generate English captions for you as well (and translate them into other languages).
Here is how:
1. In the Chrome browser, click on the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner of the window
2. Select Settings
Once on Settings, select Accessibility (1) and turn on the toggles for Live Caption (2) and Live Translate (3). Make sure you select the language you want the captions translated into (4).
After that, return to the video and press the play button. If the captions do not appear automatically, please navigate to the upper right corner of your Chrome browser and click on the musical note icon. The captions will then appear at the bottom of the screen.
Edge
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Open system preferences for captions, and turn on the Live captions toggle.
You have now enabled the Live Captions feature in the Edge browser. You can start using the live caption feature immediately without restarting the browser.
This option will not translate into other languages, it only creates captions for the spoken language of the video.
Safari
1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Live Captions. (You may need to scroll down.)
2. Turn Live Captions on or off.
The Live Captions window appears on the screen, but is automatically hidden if no audio is detected. If you want the Live Captions window to always be visible on the screen, click the Live Captions icon in the menu bar, then choose Keep Onscreen.
Note: The first time you turn on Live Captions, language data is downloaded to your Mac. You must be connected to the internet.
By default, Live Captions transcribes audio from all apps.
If you would like to find out more, you can visit Apple support.
Android smartphones
This is also possible on Android phones (Android 10 or newer). To turn Live Caption on/off on your phone:
1. Press the volume button
2. Under the volume controls, tap the Live Caption button
When Live Caption is turned on, captions appear for English speech using any media playing on your phone. (For Android version 9 or older, you might have to turn this feature on in the Accessibility options in Settings.)
You can also download apps for live captioning on iPhones and other devices. Just do a search for “Live captions” in the App store.
iPhone
For a more detailed description, please go to Apple support.
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Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Live captions (beta). -
Turn on Live Captions, and then tap Appearance to customize the caption text, size, and color.
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By default, live captions are displayed in all apps. To get live captions only in some apps, turn on apps under the Live captions within the apps section.
YouTube
All videos posted on the Crimson Circle YouTube channel have, at minimum, auto-generated English captions. For many of the videos, we also include translated subtitles.
However, even when there are no translated subtitles available, YouTube has devised a way to translate the captions in real time! To use this feature, open a video on YouTube and follow these simple steps:
1. Click on the Closed Captions button (CC) in the bottom right corner of the video frame
2. Click on the gear icon next to the CC button
3. Click on Subtitles/CC option in the pop-up menu and select Auto-Translate
4. Pick your language from the dropdown list.