Directions for Writing Closed-Captioning for DE Streaming Videos
.Kati Searcy
Star Discovery EducatorFulton County Schools, Georgia
Participant, Discovery Educational National Institute 2008
Click on “Advanced Search”
Select “Closed Captioning” along with your other descriptors
Choose the video you want to use(make sure you see “CC”)
Click on “Media Settings”
Choose Windows Media Player, Click “Close Captioning” and
“Save”
Right-click on the Download icon and choose Save Target As to save
the .asf file.
Right-click on the cc icon and choose Save Target As to
download the .smi file. (Use the exact same name for the two files
and put them in the same folder.)
Open the Windows Media Player program by going to Start - Programs -
Windows Media Player
In the Navigation bar, click on Tools and open Options
If you do not see the “tools” click here and on the pull-down menu, click “show classic menu.
Click on Tools - Options
Click on the Security Tab*.Under Content, choose “Run script
commands when present” and “Show local captions when present”. Click “OK.”
It is possible that you may not have access to the Security tab .
You may have to contact your technology administrator
File – Open – Your Saved Video File
You should see the closed-caption play as soon as the narrator begins speaking.
Now it’s time to edit the written words.
• Right-click on your downloaded .smi file and click on Open With Notepad
• It may appear with a real player “r” icon
• (View next slide)
Highlight and change the font size and/or color
Highlight and then edit, change, add text.
You’re almost done.
• Save changes
• Close the .smi file
• Open the .asf file to view your edited movie
• For more information, check out these other presentations about close-captioning:
• Close Captioned How To Word Doc with Steps for CC and Promethean Boards –
• Close Captioned Videos: How To Find Them + Tips and Tricks
Thank you, Matt Monjan!
• Source: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/matt.monjan/files/2008/05/directions-for-viewing-cc.doc 8/13/08
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