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How to setup spf.io with OBS for Captioning or Subtitling a Livestream

This tutorial assumes you have OBS installed and a spf.io session created. We will use automatic captioning/translation in this example, but other spf.io methods for releasing subtitles like manuscripts can work just as well. There are two ways to caption or subtitle...

How to Open Caption Video Calls with spf.io Overlays

1. Click on the layers icon to open up spf.io Overlays for your session. This will open a separate window. 2. Select your language channel, or the language you wish to display. 2. Click on the video camera icon in the lower right to start the camera (you may need to...

How to Create & Translate Captions and Subtitle Files for Video and Audio (AVCS)

When you have videos or audio files like podcasts, spf.io can help you make them accessible by generating transcripts or captions, and even translating them into other languages. First, we’ll need to upload the video or audio file and generate the transcript. Then...

How to caption or subtitle your Zoom call with spf.io

Updated: September 29, 2020 With resiliency in mind, spf.io gives you multiple options for ensuring accessibility of your next event: the Audience View, Open Captioning with spf.io Overlays, or the Zoom caption API token. There are some trade-offs to consider. We have...

Set Autopilot Max Wait Time

With autopilot, spf.io automatically detects for pauses in speech before sending out raw captioning/translation after each pause. However, you may prefer for the text to be sent out sooner and in smaller utterances. Now, you can tune this to your needs with the...

How to Setup for Auto Caption & Translate

This video explains how to setup spf.io for auto-caption + translation. We also discuss how to integrate with Zoom to make calls accessible and available in other languages. Additional Resources: Setup Autopilot Max Wait Time (to reduce delay) Zoom integration...

How to add captions or subtitles to your livestream with OBS and spf.io

If you stream to Twitch, Facebook, YouTube or other streaming platforms, you can use spf.io to add captions or subtitles to your livestream with OBS. OBS is free and open-source software that enables you to record or livestream with multiple inputs. Spf.io is...

How to loopback Zoom meeting audio for auto-captioning with spf.io

Last updated: November 16, 2020 Automatic captioning of your Zoom calls is a convenient way to enhance your meeting with captioning. In this article, we’re going over how to set up your computer and spf.io, so you can provide automatic captioning of your Zoom calls....

Export translations

This lesson teaches how to export translations once they are complete so that you can put them into a content management system, word document or other format.

Analyst Tasks

This lesson describes the tasks analysts do to measure the benefits of using spf.io as a translation portal. This includes measuring the turnaround time for a translation and the number of edits a translator makes compare to the initial automatic translation.