The latest articles on DEV Community by Joao Ram (@joaoram). https://dev.to/joaoram https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F471931%2Fc1ebfb79-3252-40cc-b6eb-d3060cb184aa.jpeg https://dev.to/joaoram en Joao Ram Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:15:00 +0000 https://dev.to/joaoram/how-to-add-captions-to-youtube-videos-that-you-don-t-own-fad https://dev.to/joaoram/how-to-add-captions-to-youtube-videos-that-you-don-t-own-fad <p>Youtube is removing its community captions functionality in the end of September 2020, and this has created some discussion regarding accessibility. Mainly due to the hard of hearing community, which benefits from that feature.</p> <p>However, there are other ways to contribute or create your own captions for any Youtube video out there, and help this community watch any video they want. Plus, these tools help with any language barrier. Let me list some options you will have for this:</p> <p><strong>Option 1</strong>: Use third party websites that provide community captions. There you can watch Youtube videos with captions from their own platforms that may not be available on Youtube directly. Examples are <a href="https://www.captionfy.com">Captionfy</a> (my baby) and Amara.org (my inspiration). With these platforms, people can create their own captions and anyone who needs them can watch the video now using their custom subtitles.</p> <p><strong>Option 2</strong>: Use a Chrome Extension. Yash Agarwal’s Subtitles For YouTube is an extension that allows you to use their library of captions in Youtube videos. It also allows you to upload your own captions.</p> <p>In the end, any public Youtube video should be accessible by any person, no matter if there is a language barrier or a hearing problem. I hope these platforms can help everyone to access a broader variety of Youtube videos.</p> <p>Captionfy is helping me achieve my goal to help with accessibility, and I hope many others can benefit from it :)</p> <p><em>Here is a preview of how a subtitle editor may look like</em><br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--UL5o2XTG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/emp395pdwvfvh82f2dbc.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--UL5o2XTG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/emp395pdwvfvh82f2dbc.png" alt="Alt Text" width="880" height="480"></a></p> youtube captions subtitles video