Live Captioning: Make your next event accessible for everyone
summary
Live captioning is a no-cost web tool that captures room audio via Chrome using the Chrome Web Speech API, sends audio to Google, and creates SRT transcripts and plain-text, timecoded transcripts saved in the browser. It needs Chrome 25+, internet, a dedicated computer, external monitor, a strong mic and a volunteer. It runs at lc.midcamp.org and already works at real events (MidCamp, a Denmark meetup); known issues are timeouts, text overflow and mic-permission quirks that contributors are fixing. lc.midcamp.org is open source and a no-cost solution.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 1:39What is live captioning
- 8:31Live captioning setup for events
- 14:19Live captioning vs CART services
- 19:38Benefits of live captioning
- 26:32Where to find the tool
- 31:17Limitations and challenges
- 38:03Next steps for the initiative
- 44:50Q&A and contribution day
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