This topic gives you step-by-step instructions and best practices on how to make your Microsoft Clipchamp videos accessible to people with disabilities. When your videos are accessible, you unlock the content to everyone and people with differing abilities can watch and enjoy your videos.
You learn, for example, how to work with captions and transcripts so that anyone can understand what's important in the video.
People who are blind or have low vision can follow your videos more easily if you create them with accessibility in mind.
Best practices for making Microsoft Clipchamp videos accessible
The following table includes key best practices for creating videos that are accessible to people with disabilities. We mention the steps to get to your videos through OneDrive on the web. Alternatively, you can also see a list of all your videos on the Clipchamp homepage when you filter for 'Created by me'.
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Include a transcript and captions for videos |
To see if a caption or subtitle file has been added to a video, in OneDrive select My files > Videos and find your video. Open it on its video player page, then select Video settings in the menu on the right. |
Captions and transcripts help people who can't see the screen to understand what's important in a video. |
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Include a unique and descriptive video title |
To review the titles of your videos, in OneDrive select My files > Videos. |
People who are blind, have low vision, or a reading disability rely on video titles to navigate. For example, by skimming or using a screen reader, they can quickly scan through a list of video titles and go right to the one they want. |
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Include a description for your video |
To see your video description, in OneDrive select My files > Videos and find your video. Open it on its video player page, then add or edit the description underneath the video player window. |
Including a description with your video makes it easier to find and understand. |
Enable autogenerated captions
You can automatically generate captions and a transcript for your video on its Clipchamp video player page, if it's in a supported format and a supported language.
Notes: Automatic caption generation is supported for:
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English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish languages.
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MP4 and WMV video formats.
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In OneDrive, select My files > Videos.
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Find the video you want to add captions to, select it to open its player page, then select Video settings.
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Open the Transcript and captions dropdown and select Generate.
Add captions manually to a video
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In OneDrive, select My files > Videos.
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Find the video you want to add the captions to, select it to open its player page, then select Video settings.
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Open the Transcript and captions dropdown and select Upload to add a caption file in the WebVTT (.vtt) format.
Edit a video title
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In OneDrive, select My files > Videos.
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Find the video you want to edit the title for and select it to open its player page.
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Underneath the player window, the current video title is getting shown. Select this field to edit it.
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Select the checkmark in the field to save your changes.
Add a video description
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In OneDrive, select My files > Videos.
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Find the video you want to add a description to and select it to open its player page.
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Underneath the player window, the current video description is getting shown. If there is none yet, placeholder text is present in the field. Select this field to edit it.
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Select the checkmark in the field to save your changes.
See also
Keyboard shortcuts in the Microsoft 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.
