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YouTube Closed Captioning Services

If you want your online video content to have a massive impact on your target audience, video captions should form an integral part of the content. You can get more out of your video and increase user accessibility by adding closed captions (cc). YouTube is one of the few leading social media sites that provide automatic captions for videos posted on the platform. With this feature, you can benefit from video transcription without extra expenses or effort. But is this the best choice for your video caption requirements? Realistically, it isn't.

Why You Need Professional Captioning for YouTube Videos

Poor video captions can damage your reputation. Your reputation as a quality content creator is at risk if you root for subpar video captions provided by YouTube's machine-learning algorithm. Both viewers and producers can benefit greatly from video captions. Since video captions are so crucial, using the default lackluster ones could do more harm to your marketing strategy than not using any. Here is why:

YouTube's Automatic Captioning vs. a Video Caption Service

The primary goal of YouTube's automatic captioning is increased accessibility. However, poorly worded, inaccurate, or difficult-to-read video subtitles can confuse and annoy the viewer and negatively impact your brand image. Therefore, you should opt for a professional video captioning service for your YouTube subtitling needs.

YouTube uses an automatic captioning service to generate subtitles for videos to assist video creators in making their content more accessible. Although automated speech recognition technology used by YouTube has become more refined, caption quality in videos continues to suffer. To fix an inaccurate AI-generated cc, you must watch the entire video second by second to correct any mistakes. This troubleshooting applies to both the content of the video captions as well as their duration and position (placement) on the screen.

Software for automatic YouTube closed captioning may become less accurate or stop working altogether due to several factors.

Using professional YouTube closed captioning services makes the said problems less of an issue. Select a human-based YouTube subtitling service for accuracy and efficiency. GoTranscript's services for subtitling videos on YouTube utilize only humans and therefore have an exemplary 99% accuracy rate along with speedy turnaround times. Here are some reasons human captioners will consistently outperform computers at captioning:

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GoTranscript is a professional audio and video transcription service company, founded in 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our team consists of nearly 20,000 professional captioners, proofreaders, and customer support specialists. All staff members are carefully trained and certified. We review the quality of our audio captions services regularly to ensure best-in-class results.
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Closed captioning is merely a timed transcript of a dialogue between speakers on the screen. Many people like to consume videos without sound just by reading subtitles. You can reach a broader viewership and increase accessibility for people who are hard of hearing by using closed captions. By overlaying text on your display that represents verbal communication, audio effects, and musical scores, YouTube closed captioning services enable you to reach a larger audience and increase accessibility.

Including closed captions in videos is one of the fundamental steps in professional video production. They improve the accessibility of videos by allowing hard-of-hearing viewers to understand dialogues with the help of subtitles. With video captions, you don't just enhance the experience of deaf people but also expand your audience base. Here is how our online YouTube closed captioning services will benefit you:

Improved engagement and average view time

You can widen the reach of your content and promote engagement among global audiences by adding subtitles to the videos you create. By allowing viewers to follow the captions as they watch the YouTube video, they will stay put to watch the videos for longer durations. Here's a fact: adding subtitles to videos can increase the average view time by around 12%. When you use subtitles for your videos, viewers can watch and share them without listening to the audio ever. Moreover, selecting a statement from your content to include in a message or social media post is also made straightforward by video captions. Instead of going back and actively looking for a specific quote in the video (possibly more than once) to find the appropriate spot, you can pause it at the proper caption timestamp.

Closed captions and subtitles for videos draw interest. Thus, when you attract the ideal viewers, such as new clients or business partners, you can boost your content marketing by manifolds.

Increased accessibility

When you enhance your content on YouTube with closed captioning, you make it more accessible. This increased accessibility is significant for the millions of deaf people who live around the world. For these individuals to watch your videos and connect with your brand, you must include captions or subtitles.

You can, quite conveniently, watch video content without audio by using video captions. If sounds are inappropriate for a specific social environment, such as the workplace, library, or public transport, you can still enjoy your video by reading well-synced subtitles. These are also helpful in noisy places like cafeterias or malls.

Not every individual who watches your videos will fully comprehend your language. Video captions make it easier for users who don't speak English to understand the content. The subtitles for videos you have produced can assist the generation of translated subtitles so everyone can understand the content better.

Added benefit of silent autoplay

Online videos start playing automatically when users open or scroll past the YouTube pages where the videos are featured. Many of these videos will automatically play their audio at one point. It can be a powerful way to capture viewers' interest and persuade them to look at the content they would otherwise ignore. However, the issue is that many people who watch videos and use the internet strongly dislike this feature. Although it holds their attention, it also interferes with a fluid experience and may turn them off the content.

By using silent or muted autoplay with subtitles, numerous businesses have succeeded in striking a balance between user convenience and their marketing strategy. The subtitles allow viewers to play and enjoy the content without having to hear loud, distracting audio. But you can still draw them in even if the viewers don't load the video's page. Thus, by leveraging the power of YouTube subtitling, you can attract viewers to your content through well-made video captions.

Providing the Best Captions for YouTube Video Content

To get the most out of your content, use GoTranscript's precise YouTube closed captioning services to get picture-perfect English captions for your YouTube video. Our highly skilled, native transcriptionists perform all our YouTube subtitling and captioning services at a reasonable price. GoTranscript's YouTube closed captioning services are 100% human-driven, minus the hindrance of AI software. Professional captioners provide 99% accuracy for every project at no added cost.

We can deliver your YouTube closed captions in a variety of file formats. Just about any supported file format, including .srt, .scc, .ttml, .dfxp, .cap, .mcc, and others, can be used to insert subtitles into your video. It's no wonder that professionals, businesses, universities, and organizations spanning various industries trust the precision of our experts.

You can submit your order for YouTube captions for your videos within minutes. We are here to serve you round the clock. Our 24/7 availability is what makes our service so sought after. We pride ourselves on delivering responsive and customer-centric services. Subtitling YouTube videos with GoTranscript means less work on your end.

Lastly, our cutting-edge security measures prevent any unauthorized access to your files. Your private and confidential information is completely secure with us. There's no reason to opt for automated captioning, not with GoTranscript around. Get in touch today. Your videos deserve the best.

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Frequently asked questions

Captioning is the process of converting the audio content of a broadcast, film, video, live event, or other production into text and displaying the text on a screen or monitor. Captioning enables those who are hearing-impaired to benefit fully from media materials.

Captions are meant for hearing-impaired individuals who can view video images but can't hear the soundtrack. Captions communicate the video's spoken content, song lyrics, and "atmospherics," or sound effects that are part of the story.
Subtitles are intended for viewers who can hear the audio but can't understand the language spoken. Subtitles are trickier because they translate the nuances of a spoken and written language into the viewer's language.

All of our captioners sign a Confidentiality Agreement. We respect our clients' privacy; therefore, we give clients the option to personally remove completed transcriptions from our database. The data is completely removed from the computers of our translators/transcribers as well.

We at GoTranscript completely understand the importance of accuracy in captions. That's why we always aim for 99% accuracy.
We start by hiring only the best. We then employ a system of reviews and checks to ensure quality and accuracy. Our staff have no less than 5 years of transcribing experience, so you can be sure your audio files are transcribed with great care and attention to detail.

Unlike your typical captioning agency, GoTranscript provides clear, per-minute pricing with no add-on charges or minimums. Captioning rates start at $1.58 per minute.,

Open captions always are in view and cannot be turned off, whereas closed captions can be turned on and off by the viewer.

GoTranscript's closed captioning service is a professional transcription service that creates accurate and timely captions for video content.

GoTranscript accepts a wide range of file formats for closed captioning, including MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, and more.

GoTranscript provides closed captioning services with a turnaround time of as little as 6 hours, depending on the length and complexity of the video content.

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