Getting Started with Video Captioning
What you'll learn
- You'll learn what captioning is and why it is important.
- How to Prepare Transcripts for Captioning
- How to subtitle and caption videos using Free and Paid application
- How to prepare open captions and applicable scenarios.
- The Types of Jobs, How Much to Charge and Where to Get the Captioning Jobs
Requirements
- You need to be able to use a computer and most of the applications in this course are Windows related but works on Mac and Linux.
Description
Course Description
Today, the internet has become ubiquitous and many people want to earn a living working from the convenience of their home. Getting Started with Video Captioning endeavors to teach you the basics of video captioning with the aim of offering career skills in captioning that can enable you to caption your videos easily and fast, work as a contractor on either a full time or a part time basis within the comfort of your home. The course will endeavor to introduce captioning, ways of improving the reach of your videos, as well as improving methods used to improve the ranking of videos on search engines.
In this course, I will introduce you to Video Captioning, to help you improve the reach of your videos, to help you influence video ranking in search engines and help make videos more accessible.
Learn what captioning is, caption formats that are commonly used and then dive into a step by step approach of captioning videos using various tools.
Learn the essential skills require to work as a video captioning expert
Introduction to captioning
Captioning formats
Captioning video using YouTube
Captioning using Camtasia
Advancing your career in a crowded online environment
Who this course is for:
- This captioning course is meant for newbies or professionals who are interested in learning Video Captioning and anyone that is looking to learn a new skill
Instructor
![David Mbugua](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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I'm the founder of Freelancer Insights, a blog with a vision to help anyone interested in making money online freelancing using proven techniques. I have been freelancing on oDesk since 2012 and over the few years that I have been working online I have learn a few tricks to make freelancing a worthwhile and profitable business.
Besides that, I’m a Veterinary Medicine Degree holder and also a self taught Video and Audio editor and Camtasia Expert with over 7 years experience. I am confident in using my skills to provide quality courses to those interested in learning something new.