Viewing captions in VoiceThread

While viewing a VoiceThread, turn on closed captioning by clicking on the “CC” button in the bottom-right corner of the VoiceThread and selecting the language of the caption you want to view.

How to add a caption file to a slide or comment

Text Instructions

Only the person who created a VoiceThread or someone who has editing rights to that VoiceThread can add captions.

For central media slides:

Navigate to the slide that contains the audio or video file.
Click on the “CC” button in the bottom-right corner of the VoiceThread.
Select “Add caption file” from the menu.
Click “Captions” beneath the slide media, and select “Add caption file.”
Click “Upload captions,” and select the CC file you want to use.
Close the caption window when you’re done.

For comments:

Start playing the comment you want to caption.
Click on the CC button near the bottom-right corner of the comment window.
Click “Captions” beneath the slide media, and select “Add caption file.”
Click “Upload captions,” and select the CC file you want to use.
Close the caption window when you’re done.

VoiceThread accepts caption files in these formats:

DFXP
SRT
SAMI
SCC
SBV

Visual Instructions:

add caption option outlined with pink border

comment caption button outlined in pink border
add caption file to slide outlined in pink border

upload captions outlined with pink border

add caption file to slide outlined in pink border

upload captions outlined in pink border

You can access more VoiceThread accessibility features and tools on the VT Accessibility Home Page