[Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos

[Heidi Scher]

We do a similar process to the one that Dawn described - download, get
captions, then post it behind a secure login. This seems to be working well
for our campus.

Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director - Assistive Technology --- Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas --- 209 ARKU --- Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
ARKU 209
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
479.575.3646 tdd
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) <
hunziker at email.arizona.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

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> The other thing you can do is create an open-caption version of the video.

> We’ve been using AnyVideo Converter to create these files. Then, it doesn’t

> matter what platform is used to play the video, captions are shown – one

> caveat, text color is white so if you have a light background, you need to

> be aware of that.  You should also look into VLC  as I believe it now has

> the ability to add SRT too (I have not played with this yet) and Adobe

> Premier will create this type of file as well.

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>

>

> Our process – download the video, get the captions, use AnyVideo Converter

> to create an open-caption version and provide the video via Box, Dropbox,

> Panopto, USB, etc. We’ve had to use this process in the past since our

> lecture capture software wouldn’t display captions with full-screen

> viewing, happily that issue has been fixed.

>

>

>

> RE: copyright – keep the file for use for only that student/class (we

> typically post ours behind an authentication procedure tied to the

> University) and don’t republish back out on Vimeo/YouTube. And, as Amy

> stated in an earlier message, accessibility is our goal – copyright/fair

> use belongs to the faculty/department.

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> Feel free to contact me if you’d like more information.

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> Dawn

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> Dawn Hunziker

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> IT Accessibility Consultant

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> Disability Resource Center

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> 520-626-9409

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> hunziker at email.arizona.edu

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Paul Linh Nguyen

> *Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2016 11:00 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Offline Captions for Downloaded YouTube Videos

>

>

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> It is possible to play YouTube videos + captions without Internet

> access...but it does require a few steps.

>

> As others have said, there are tools available to assist in downloading of

> YouTube videos so you can play them offline. I won't delve into the

> legalities vs fair use vs accommodations.

>

> For the captions there are also tools available to nab the captions from

> videos that have them as soft captions/subtitles (generally ones you can

> toggle on and off versus hard subs that are permanently on the video). I

> would recommend using a tool to grab them as a .SRT file.

>

> There are free video players such as VideoLAN's VLC Player that can

> support playing a video with its accompanying .SRT file...though will

> require some setting up <http:///> ( http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/

> id-1892893/srt-file-vlc-player.html ).

>

> My particular use case when I had to do a one-off request was as follows

> (please be mindful this was a one off thing back in 2013)

> - Firefox addon "YouTube Caption Downloader

> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption-downloader/>"

> ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-caption

> -downloader/ ) [It should be noted that I'm seeing reviews indicating

> potential Win 10 + Firefox issues]

>

> - Firefox addon "Video DownloadHelper

> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/>" (

> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ )

>

> So to recap...very much possible to do. Just have to find the tools to do

> it and will require some work to get it working.

>

> Best of luck!

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>

> -Paul

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> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Kidd,Allison <Allison.Kidd at colostate.edu>

> wrote:

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> Does anyone have any pointers on how to play YouTube videos + captions

> without internet access?

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>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Allison

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