Effective May 13, UW-Madison’s Kaltura media management service will automatically add machine-generated captions (auto captions) to all new videos. Kaltura’s auto captioning process converts audio content of a video into text and displays the text at the bottom of the video screen.

• “Do I need to opt into this process?” No. This is an automatic service that applies to all videos uploaded after May 13.
• “What if I want to make changes to the transcript/caption file?” Captions can be quickly edited. For instructions, click here.
• “Will this auto-captioning apply to videos uploaded prior to May 13?” No. If you would like older media files processed through auto captioning, click here.