Captions in Microsoft Stream
Captioning in Microsoft Stream
Microsoft Stream has made captioning a straight forward and simple process, with the ability to simultaneously create a transcript and apply generated captions with just a few clicks. To leverage Stream for captions, make sure your video is uploaded/stored in Stream, OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams.
Step 1
Upload your video to Microsoft Stream or open the video you're wanting to caption.
Step 2
When your video is open in Stream, click on the 'Video settings' option toward the upper right of the player, under the Share button.
Step 3
Select the 'Transcript and captions' option and click Generate. Select your video's language and click Generate again.
Select the language your video is predominately spoken in. If this language differs from those spoken in the video, the final transcript and captions may need to be edited and might contain errors.
Step 4
While your captions and transcript are generated, you can check the progress via the Transcripts and captions tab. Once they're done, you'll see an 'On' switch next to the video language.
Depending on the length of your video, captions can take seconds to several minutes to generate. You do not need to monitor the process and can close the tab and/or video and come back later.
Once your captions have been generated, the option will now appear on the video player and a transcript will be available via the right sidebar.
Managing your transcript
In the 'Transcript and captions' tab, you can click the three dots to manage your video's transcript in a variety of ways such as downloading your video transcript, replacing the current transcript, or deleting it outright.
Editing your captions and transcript
Sometimes, automatically generated captions get phrases, acronyms, or speech wrong. You can edit the captions/transcript simultaneously by:
- Click the 'Transcript' menu on your video page
- Hover over a block of text and click the Edit button ()
- Make your changes and click the Done button ()