Powerpoint for the web gets caption and subtitle support for videos
Users may now add captions and subtitles in several languages to videos contributed to presentations using the web edition of Microsoft PowerPoint.
The ability to upload and embed movies into presentations is a new feature that Microsoft brought to the web edition of PowerPoint a few months ago. It appears that the software behemoth is now pushing out the capability to annotate PowerPoint videos with captions and subtitles. If a presenter wants to include a video but doesn’t speak the language or doesn’t want to turn up the level, the ability to add subtitles is a lifesaver.
Methods for enhancing PowerPoint videos with closed captions
- Launch PowerPoint from your desktop, then either start a new presentation or open an existing one. From there, you may add closed captions and subtitles to movies.
- Then, access the ‘Insert Video from This Device‘ option by clicking on ‘Video’ in the drop-down menu that appears when you click the ‘Insert‘ button on the ribbon bar.
- After you’ve chosen the video to upload, locate the “Video” area where you uploaded the video and touch on the “Insert Captions” option. Select a file in WebVTT format to upload captions here.
Microsoft states that users may also use text editors like Notepad to produce WebVTT files, but some other programs and services do this. If users want to add captions in both English and Spanish, they may rename the files to “MyClosedCaptions.en.vtt” and “MyClosedCaptions.es.vtt,” respectively.
Users may quickly enable subtitles by clicking the ‘CC’ icon that shows up in the lower right corner of the video, much to YouTube’s Closed Captions feature. Another option is to use the keyboard shortcut “Alt+J” (Windows) or “Option+J” (Mac) to reach the captions menu. After that, viewers of the video within the PowerPoint web app can activate the closed captioning feature by clicking the corresponding button in the player’s bottom right corner.
For videos that need subtitles in more than one language, the ability to enter several files is a huge boon. For example, to enter Spanish closed captions into a file named MyClosedCaptions.es.vtt, simply add the standard locale name at the end of the file name, as Microsoft adds.
