Captions for videos and podcasts

Vimeo & YouTube: 

• Perusall’s player will automatically display captions if the video creator has uploaded them to YouTube. However, YouTube’s auto-generated captions cannot be displayed outside of YouTube.
• These platforms control video playback, so we cannot add captions manually. Our player will display any captions they provide.
• The original webpage where the video is hosted may have extra details or transcripts. To access this, go to the video in your course library and select "View original web page."

Other Videos & Podcasts: 

• Chrome’s Live Captions feature (available in Chrome 89+) can provide real-time captions for any audio or video played in Perusall. To enable it, go to Chrome Settings > Advanced > Accessibility > Live Captions. Once enabled, captions will automatically appear for all Perusall content.
• Anything that doesn't autogenerate captions (such as Youtube and Vimeo), you can upload captions in either VTT or SRT format when you add the video file, or later when editing the item in your Library.

Adding captions when you upload a video

To add captions when you upload a video, navigate to your course Library, click Add content > Video > Direct URL, paste the Video URL, and then click +Upload file under Captions/subtitles file.  After choosing the file, click OK to finalize the process.

Adding captions to videos already in your Library

To add captions to an existing video in your Library, click on the video.  Then, in the Preview panel (on the right), click Edit, and scroll down to Captions/subtitles file.  Finally, click +Upload file under, and after choosing the file, click OK to finalize the process.