{"id":47728,"date":"2019-09-16T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=47728"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:27:34","slug":"create-subtitle-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/live-broadcasting\/create-subtitle-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Subtitle Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this article:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#create\">Create a Subtitle File<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tips\">Tips<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#software\">Popular Software<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Web accessibility deserves more attention. This is why we cover important tasks like <a href=\"\/support\/website\/test-website-accessibility-with-tenon-io\/\">testing website accessibility with Tenon.<\/a><a href=\"\/support\/website\/test-website-accessibility-with-tenon-io\/\">io<\/a> and improving WordPress accessibility. It takes more time but the effort benefits blind, deaf, and other disabled users who may want to support your brand &#8211; if you support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With YouTube being the second most popular search engine, video content can drive a lot of new traffic to your website. But users with disabilities, who don&#8217;t know the language fluently, or simply in a noisy environment, may need an additional feature to enjoy your videos &#8211; <strong>subtitles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also known as <strong>closed captions<\/strong> when related to TV and DVD, subtitles transcribe or translate verbal dialog while a video is playing. There are many file formats, subtitle types, and methods to add subtitles to a video. In some cases, it&#8217;s best to hardcode subtitles directly into the video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For videos uploaded to Vimeo, YouTube, or your server, you can create a softsub, or closed subtitle. This means the subtitles are in a separate file from the original video. These files are small. Our example below will use the SubRip (.SRT) format &#8211; less than five kilobytes for 18 subtitles &#8211; and can be created with any text editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The format is simple. Each subtitle within the file has the following format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Subtitle Number\nStart time --&gt; End time (HH:MM:SS,MLS \/ Hour:Minute:Second,Milliseconds)\nText<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Our example below will include subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing (SDH) to be more accessible to the hearing impaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below we&#8217;ll cover how to <strong>create a subtitle file, useful tips, and popular software<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create\">Create a Subtitle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li>Open a text editor on your computer &#8211; e.g. NotePad, <a href=\"\/support\/website\/create-html-pages-with-cherrytree\/\">CherryTree<\/a>.<\/li><li>Add as many captions as needed with a subtitle number, start and end time, and text. For example:<br><code>1 <\/code><br><code>00:00:01,000&nbsp;--&gt;&nbsp;00:00:06,000<\/code><br><code>Rey:&nbsp;This&nbsp;text&nbsp;will&nbsp;show&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;one&nbsp;through&nbsp;six&nbsp;second&nbsp;marks. <\/code><br><br><code>2 <\/code><br><code>00:00:06,000 --&gt; 00:00:10,000  <\/code><br><code>Rey: This will show from the six through ten second marks. <\/code><br><br><code>3 <\/code><br><code>00:00:12,000 --&gt; 00:00:15,000 <\/code><br><code>[woman sneezing] <\/code><br><code>4 <\/code><br><code>00:00:16,000 --&gt; 00:00:18,000 <\/code><br><code>Amy: Sorry!<\/code><\/li><li>Save the file as the same file-name as the video but with the .SRT extension in the same folder.<\/li><li>(Optional)  If the video is saved on your local workstation, open it in a media  player that supports subtitles to test that your subtitle shows  automatically. <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.videolan.org\/Subtitles\/\">VLC Media Player<\/a> is a popular option.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>After you create your .SRT file, you can <a href=\"\/support\/website\/how-to-upload-files-server\/\">upload it to your server<\/a> alongside your video, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/224968828-Captions-and-subtitles\">Vimeo<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/2734796?hl=en\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>5 seconds:<\/strong> Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS Hosting<\/a> to learn how to host your own videos without sacrificing website performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tips\">A few Tips <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Convert the SRT file to Web Video Text Tracks (WebVTT &#8211; .vtt) for the ability to use basic HTML elements like <strong>&lt;b&gt;bold&lt;\/b&gt;<\/strong> and <em>&lt;i&gt;italic&lt;\/i&gt;<\/em> &#8211; e.g. <em>&lt;b&gt;Rey:&lt;\/b&gt; This text will show from the one through six second marks.<\/em><\/li><li>Try to limit each subtitle to 2 lines for easier reading during the video.<\/li><li>Be mindful that user settings can affect subtitle text and background appearance.<\/li><li>It may be helpful to provide instructions on using subtitles with popular software if your videos are downloadable.<\/li><li>Some video editors can hardcode subtitles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"software\">Popular Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are video editors and dedicated software with advanced options such as specifying time-frames using the video audio waveform visualization:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Software<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mac<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Unix<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Online<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aegisub.org\/\">Aegisub<\/a><\/td><td>X<\/td><td>X<\/td><td>X<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/\">VLC Media Player<\/a><\/td><td>X<\/td><td>X<\/td><td>X<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/kitone.github.io\/subtitleeditor\/\">Subtitle Editor<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>X<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/2734796\">YouTube Video Creator<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>X<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more from our other <a href=\"\/support\/\">Accessibility articles<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/a11yproject.com\/resources\/\">a11yproject<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/a11yproject.com\/resources\/\">.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article: Create a Subtitle File Tips Popular Software Web accessibility deserves more attention. 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