This article is for people who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Windows tools or features and Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Accessibility help & learning content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.
Use Microsoft Clipchamp with your keyboard and a screen reader to insert subtitles or captions to your video. We have tested it with Narrator, JAWS, and NVDA, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques.
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If you use Narrator with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you have to turn off scan mode in order to edit documents, spreadsheets, or presentations with Microsoft 365 for the web. For more information, refer to Turn off virtual or browse mode in screen readers in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
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New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.
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To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.
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When you use ​​​​​​​Microsoft Clipchamp, we recommend that you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser and Narrator as your screen reader.
If you use Chrome or Firefox as your web browser, we recommend that you use JAWS or NVDA as your screen reader.
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Generate automatic captions
Microsoft Clipchamp can automatically generate captions for your video on the video's player page, if the following requirements are met:
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Video Language is set to English or Spanish (the list provides other languages that are currently supported).
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The video is in MP4 or WMV format.
Note:Â You can't autogenerate captions if you have already uploaded a caption file.
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In Microsoft Clipchamp's player, navigate to and open the video you want to add automatic captions to.
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Press the Tab key until you hear Video Settings, and press Enter.
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Press the Tab key until you hear Transcripts and Captions, and press Enter.
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Press the Tab key until you reach the Generate option and press Enter. You hear the currently selected language. If you need to change the language, press the Down arrow key until you find the language you want, and press Enter.
The player of Microsoft Clipchamp begins to generate the captions. They take some time to create, up to twice the video's duration. For example, for a one-hour video, expect to wait approximately two hours to finish processing.
Upload a caption file
Your video can have one caption file per language. The file must use the VTT format.
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You can't upload a caption file if you have selected to generate automatic captions.Â
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If your video has both a caption file and one or more subtitle files, they cannot have the same file name.
Upload a caption file
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In Microsoft Clipchamp's player, navigate to and open the video you want to add captions to.
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Press the Tab key until you hear Video Settings, and press Enter.
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Press the Tab key until you hear Transcripts and Captions, and press Enter.
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Press the Tab key until you reach the Upload option and press Enter. You hear the currently selected language. If you need to change the language, press the Down arrow key until you find the language you want, and press Enter.
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Press the Tab key until you hear "Select file, button," and press Enter. A standard Windows Open dialog box opens.
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Move between the elements of the Open dialog box with the Tab key and navigate inside the elements with the arrow keys. When you have navigated to the right caption file, press Alt+O to select it. The focus returns to the Captions dialog box.
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Press the Tab key until you hear "OK, button," and press Enter.
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Press Shift+Tab until you hear "Apply, button," and press Enter.
See also
Use a screen reader to play videos in Microsoft Clipchamp​​​​​​​
Keyboard shortcuts in the Microsoft Clipchamp video player
Basic tasks using a screen reader with the Clipchamp video player
Technical support for customers with disabilities
Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.
If you are a government, commercial, or enterprise user, please contact the enterprise Disability Answer Desk.
