7 QUICK REASONS WHY YOU

SHOULD TRANSCRIBE AND

CAPTION YOUR WEBINARS

Webinars are here to stay thanks to the

internet. Web conferences can be

conducted in one place and the

participants can be in any nook and

corner of the world and still

attend/participate from the confines of

their home or from their vacation spot or

even while traveling.

Be it a business conference, class discussion, presentation of a medical breakthrough or even a

tutorial, webinar comes to the rescue. It is necessary to provide a transcript of the webinar videos as it

can be used as a ready reckoner, an immediate source of reference for the end user.

Introduction:

Advantages Of Transcribing And Captioning Webinar Videos:

1 Includes viewers with hearing disability

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Facilitates easy comprehension

Native language not English

Environments too noisy and where silence is golden

Increase in business leads for SEO

Translation into any language

E-Learning

Includes Viewers With Hearing Ability:

Introducing captions in Webinar videos will be of great help to the hearing disabled.

An additional provision of a transcript can be used by

them as a reference at a later time. Viewership will

definitely expand. By United States law it is mandatory

to provide transcript and caption for the webinar

videos.

The audio and caption will be in sync thereby

making it easier for them to read and follow the

event or discussion.

Facilitates Easy Comprehension:

Webinars with transcript and captions will help the audience to

understand easily especially in online learning. When we hear and

read simultaneously the brain grasps and remembers better.

Native Language Not English:

Webinar videos with captions and transcripts will make

viewers with minimal knowledge of English to take an interest

in the video as they can read and listen and improve their

English and vocabulary. The audience may even find it difficult

to understand the accent in such a case captions is a boon.

Environments Too Noisy And Where Silence Is Golden:

In a crowded noisy

environment like in a mall

or in a library where

silence is a must thanks to

captions and transcripts

you can participate in a

webinar.

Increase In Business Leads For Seo:

Webinars with transcripts increase traffic in search results as transcripts contain

keywords your audience is looking for and optimizes search engine strategy.

Provision of transcripts is highly favored by professionals on the go.

Translation Into Any Language:

Webinars with captions in a foreign language can be viewed by

people from non-English speaking countries. Language is no

more considered a barrier.

E-Learning:

Webinars with captions an added

advantage for students makes

learning easy as it improves their

vocabulary helps in note taking,

comprehension and clarifies their

doubts. Students also prefer

transcripts as it can be used as a

reference tool.