Video & Photo Tech

  When you make YouTube videos, it's important to consider your audience, including viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing. Adding subtitles and captions is one way to make your videos more accessible so more people can watch and enjoy your content. Here's what you need to know to add subtitles and captions to your YouTube videos. Quick tip:  You can view subtitles on a video you're watching on YouTube by clicking the  "CC"  button at the bottom of the video. How to add subtitles on YouTube Studio There are several options for adding subtitles: uploading a pre-written file, using auto-sync, typing them out manually, or using auto-translate. Upload a pre-written file Uploading a file that contains what is said in the video is one way to add captions to a video. Quick tip:  For this to work, you have to have the  right file type . For example, a SubRip, SubViewer, or LRC will work, when properly formatted. 1.  Sign in to your  YouTube Studio  ...

  Closed captions are crucial for the viewing experience of lots of people: anyone who watched Game of Thrones and wanted to know what was going on, every person who likes those out of context Twitter accounts, people who want to watch videos on the subway but don’t have their headphones, multitaskers, etc. Most importantly, though, they’re a step toward accessibility for the more than 48 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the U.S., and millions more across the globe. “Videos without captions are completely inaccessible to deaf and hard of hearing people,” Howard A. Rosenblum, the CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, told Mashable over email. “Why would anyone want to exclude that many people from their videos?” Adding closed captions to videos can also make them accessible to people who don’t speak the language of the original video because it’s easier to get a video translated if the original transcript is already completed. Plus, adding captions to your...

Tiktok has been one of the most used social media apps in recent times. Almost every day there are thousands of active users on the app. When it comes to the app, users make videos and upload them daily to get more followers, likes and comments.  For a long time, TikTok has been the main topic of conversation in the social media world along with other apps like Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. One of the most important things on TikTok to be big is to have likes and followers. Now, it can often be a long journey to have thousands of followers on your account but now there is also the option to buy TikTok likes through which you can get likes on your videos instantly. Ways to Get More followers on TikTok  You have just put up a new TikTok video but you are not happy with the number of likes or followers that you have. What can be the best ways to help you get more followers? Here are a few ways which may be able to help you.  Your Originality  One of the most importa...