Amara is a free service that allows you to correct captions on streaming services ex. YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Amara Public allows anyone with an Amara account to access, edit, and translate any video created with an Amara Public Workspace account.
Create a free Amara account
Navigate to https://amara.org/ and create your Amara account using the “sign up for free” or “start subtitling for free” buttons.
Add a video
Choose the “add videos” button.
Add the video URL and select which language.
You will see a message saying your video has been successfully added.
Download subtitles
Go to https://downsub.com/ on a web browser.
Copy the URL from the video you would like to download the subtitles for and paste it into the text field, then choose the “download” button. This will download a .srt file to your computer.
Add subtitles to Amara video and launch editor
Head to the video on Amara you would like to add captions to and use the three dots next to “Add/Edit subtitles” and choose “Upload subtitles”
Select the language and browse for the .srt file to upload.
After the file is uploaded, select “English” under “completed subtitles”, then “Edit Subtitles”.
This will launch the subtitle editor where you can correct any incorrect subtitles.
View Amara Subtitle Editor help articles for additional help.
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The ATC is open to in-person assistance. Support is available through the above remote options and on campus at CEN 208