Auto-captions

Padlet supports auto-captions for uploaded videos and audio.

How to access auto-captions

Videos

When you upload a video, auto-captions are generated. To enable them, click the Settings cog icon (⚙️) on the video player, then click Captions and select the language. The captions will then be displayed at the bottom of the video player.

Audio

When you upload audio, auto-captions are generated. To enable them, click the Settings cog icon (⚙️) on the audio player, then click Captions and select the language. The captions will then be displayed at the bottom of the audio player.

Edit auto-captions

In times where the auto-captions aren't quite right - edit them!

This is also helpful if you want to add more audio description for sound effects that are happening in the video that auto-generated captions may not include.

Edit the auto-captions of a video by following the steps below:

1. After the video has been posted to the padlet, hover your mouse over the post and click Edit.
2. Click Subtitles > Download subtitles.

1. Open the file on your device and edit, as necessary > Save.
2. Go back to your post and click Subtitles > Upload subtitles.
3. Select your file and then click Update.

Supported languages

Auto-captions are supported in the following languages: