Windows Media Files must be converted to either QT movies or MPEG-4 movies prior to using in MovieCaptioner. The free Prisism Video Converter is recommended.
Need to caption your movie, but just don't know where to start?
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After you load your movie, just click the Start button and MovieCaptioner will play a 4 second loop of the movie. You just type what you hear and hit the Return key and it records your caption and the start time. It will automatically move on to the next 4 second loop. You'll move right through your movie in no time. Once you get all the captions in, you can export to many different formats. The caption track can be added automatically to your movie. It can't be simpler. You can also create transcripts with timecode if you want as well. If you can type, you can make your movies accessible!
Make closed captioned movies for YouTube, iPhones, iPods, DVDs, and Broadcasting!
Already have transcripts and just need to add them as captions to your movies? MovieCaptioner will allow you to import the text as captions, making the job a snap! It will also import many other caption formats keeping the timecode intact. It's a simple way to convert between captioning formats.
MovieCaptioner is quickly becoming the go-to software for captioning. It is being used by many government agencies such as NASA, NOAA, the Department of Homeland Defense, universities such as Penn State, Cal Poly, Ohio State, and Gallaudet, to name a few, and television show producers, such as MOTORZ TV and Southwest Expeditions Docuseries are using MovieCaptioner to create closed captioning for their television series.
Click the link below to see how Motorz-TV uses MovieCaptioner to create captions for their TV program.
Synchrimedia would like to thank PatiSoftware for creating and assisting with the QTPlugin for RealBasic that helped to make the Preview in the Windows version possible!
Version 1.0
Requirements:
Mac OSX 10.5 and newer
Windows XP and newer
Decode SCC (Sonic Scenarist Line 21) Caption Files Into Readable Text Transcripts
Have an SCC caption file that you need to translate into human-readable text transcripts? Need to find where that error is in your SCC captions? This closed captioning decoder is exactly what you need, and a great companion tool for MovieCaptioner. Just select your SCC file and it will save it as a new text transcript with timecode. The timecode can either stay the same as the SCC file (very useful for troubleshooting) or it can remove the buffer time that SCC files build in, making the timecode closer to the actual time the captions are displayed. You can also opt to output as paragraph text without timecode. By providing text transcripts of your movies on your Web site, you will not only be providing accessibility, but you will also improve your search engine optimization by providing searchable content.
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Version 1.0
Requirements:
MacIntosh OSX 10.5 or newer
ScreenCaptureX (freeware)
ScreenCaptureX captures your computer screen in 3 different ways. Just choose which type of image you want to capture, then click the Capture Screen button. It will save it as a JPEG (numbered sequentially) to your Desktop. Simple, huh? Need to grab a still from a DVD? ScreenCaptureX can do it!
The default Mac screen capture (APPLE+SHIFT+3 and APPLE+SHIFT+4) capture as PNG files by default, so using ScreenCaptureX will allow you to skip the step of saving them as JPEGs. Checking the Add captions checkbox will allow you to put a caption centered under the screen shot and checking the Timed capture button will allow you to include menus in your full screen screencaptures, which can be really helpful if you want ot create Web tutorials quickly.
You can also click on the Change Preferences button and you'll be given the option of choosing the default file name, whether or not to include the suffix in the name, where to save the screen captures, and what file type your prefer as the default (JPEG, PNG, or PICT). Checking the Save-as checkbox locks in whatever format you have chosen and allows you to change the name of the screencapture immediately after capturing or adding the caption. It will also allow you to choose where the file is saved to also.
