It is never pleasing to watch a video, which has broken subtitles. Such videos leave the viewer confused and irritated. It is more irksome to see a video that is plain without subtitles. This is especially the case when you are trying to watch the video in a noisy environment where you cannot hear well or a tranquil place like an office and you would rather other people do not listen to it too. Creating subtitles to videos undeniably boosts the video-watching experience. As such, all online videos should be developed with subtitles to ensure maximum user experience. The main reason why it essential that you create subtitles for your online videos is to increase views and brand awareness. This article will address how you can generate subtitles for videos.
There are various ways of generating subtitles for a video that you may use. The easiest solution of adding subtitles to a video is by downloading a free or cheap program that automatically adds subtitles to your video. The perfect solution for you will rely on your aims and budget. Of course, not all solutions give the same results. The advantages of using a speech-recognition like with any other program that automatically generates subtitles for videos may be dissimilar. The audio quality, background noise, mispronunciations and other details in the video’s audio may affect the ultimate result.
First and foremost, computer-generated subtitles are possible. Most video-hosting websites provide speech-recognition software, which can create subtitles automatically to a video when you upload them to the site. For instance one feature lets you add subtitles to videos on YouTube automatically. Nonetheless, these options are all only available for some languages. Facebook, as an illustration, has this similar feature of adding subtitles to videos, but at the moment it is only available in English.
The other way is to contract people to generate subtitles for your video. With the advanced technology that we have today, it is much straightforward to contract candidates form any place in the world than before. With that in mind you may be convinced to look for a non-native speaker to add subtitles to an English- language video. This method also has some potential drawbacks. The transcribers will probably miss some of the subtler details of a language unless they understand well the language.
In conclusion, whether computer-generated or human-generated, free subtitle services may prove to be the most straightforward way to go for adding video subtitles. Unfortunately, the drawbacks of using a free app to generate video subtitles are like those of the past options combined.