The Closed Caption Management feature provides the ability to load a caption file into an archive via MediaManager. It lets you upload a new, searchable caption for an archive, as well as change or delete the caption associated with an archive. Captions can also be exported as a text file.
Caption File Requirements
SAMI caption files must be UTF-8 encoded, and must have no Windows-specific characters, such as smart quote characters or Windows CRLF (files should use Unix LF carriage returns instead).
The SAMI format also has syntax requirements for Class & Localization. The language is specified with primary, secondary, and tertiary specifications of class naming. An example of a primary specification is "EN" for English or "ES" for Spanish (ISO-639). An example of a secondary specification is "US" for United States (ISO-3166). The tertiary specification is "CC" for closed captioning. The class name for captions is formatted as a period (.) followed by each of these three specifications in order. For example, for closed captions in United States Spanish, the correct class name is ".ESUSCC". You can read about class names in more detail here. An example of how this class name would be used in a caption file is provided at the end of this guide.
Uploading, Replacing, or Deleting a Caption
To upload, replace, or delete a caption, complete the following steps from the Archives tab:
Select an archive, and click Edit.
Click the Captions subtab.
Click Browse to load the captions file.
Click Load Captions.
Captions subtab
Editing Archives with Existing Captions
The following options are available for archives with existing captions:
Option
Description
Upload New
Loads a new caption file to replace the existing one
Download
Lets you download a caption as a text file
Delete
Removes the caption
Export Test Transcription
Lets you export an existing caption
Smart Formatting
You can upload an existing caption from MediaManager with the Smart Formatting option, which can be a great time-saver if you want to turn the caption text into a document. Smart Formatting does most of the correcting and formatting of the text for you.
To select Smart Formatting, select the Smart Formatting checkbox when uploading a caption file.
SAMI Class Example
Here is an example of how Class & Localization specifications would appear in a SAMI caption file.
