Captions are a powerful way to support all learners—whether they’re multilingual, need hearing accommodations, or simply benefit from reading along. Once you’ve added a video to your page in Book Creator, you can add captions in just a few clicks.

There are two ways to Add captions to a video in Book Creator, using the inspector or using the right-click menu.

Both options require the video to be selected on the page first, by clicking on the video thumbnail so that it is outlined in blue.

Step 1: Select the video thumbnail so that it is outlined in blue and click on the Inspector (i) button in the toolbar.

Step 2: With the inspector menu opened, in the CAPTIONS section, select the Add captions link.

Step 3: A new overlay will appear in the middle of the editing window and offer options for adding captions to your video.

Step 1: Select the video thumbnail so that it is outlined in blue and right-click for the menu to appear.

Step 2: Select the Add captions button and a new overlay will appear in the middle of the editing window and offer options for adding captions to your video.

Step 1: Select the spoken language of the video before generating captions so that the transcription is accurate. Use the drop down arrow to see all available languages to choose from.

Step 2: Select the Generate automatically button to let Book Creator transcribe the audio for you. A message will appear that shows the captions are being generated and that it could take up to 1 minute to fully process, depending on the length of the video.

Step 3: You can exit the overlay while the editable captions transcript is generated by selecting the back button, or wait on the overlay screen for the transcript to complete.

Step 4: Edit the transcript when the generation is complete using the overlay or inspector options.

Step 1: Select the spoken language of the video before generating captions so that the transcription is accurate. Use the drop down arrow to see all available languages to choose from.

Step 2: Select the Enter manually button to transcribe the audio yourself. The editing modal will appear and you can select the Add a new caption button to add captions to your video.

Step 3: Edit the transcript using the editing modal or inspector option.

It doesn't matter if you added captions to the video automatically or manually, both caption options are editable and can be changed at any time.

Edit the transcript when the transcript generation is complete using the immediate overlay or inspector options.

If you kept the overlay open while generating captions, it will automatically show an editable view of the transcript in each 10 second section of audio. You can use the slider beneath the video to reposition the captions. Drag the caption boxes to adjust the timing. Select done when finished.

If you left the overlay while captions were generating or you want to add captions at another time, select the video on the page and then select the inspector button to open the video options menu.

Underneath the CAPTIONS section on the menu, will show the language that was selected of the transcript and a 3-dot menu.

Select the 3-dot menu and select Edit to open the transcript editing modal. You will have the same editing options as mentioned above. Select done when finished.

When you Publish your book or view it in Read mode and play your video, the captions will appear automatically.

With your captions added you can now go to the video's Inspector (i) button or right click and select Add translation. You will need to choose the desired translation language.

If you want your translated subtitles to show as the default you can set them in the Inspector (i) button using the 3-dot menu.

You can always learn more about Book Creator's commitment to accessibility by visiting www.bookcreator.com/support and selecting Accessibility under the Knowledge base.