How to Enable Live Captioning in a Zuddl Webinar
The SyncWords integration lets you translate spoken content into readable text captions in real-time.
With SyncWords, attendees can select from a list of supported languages to receive captions. This makes your webinar more accessible to audiences across the globe.
Set up the integration.
Prerequisites
Specify your requirements by filling up the live event request form and sending it to SyncWords. The table below describes the details required by SyncWords.
Requirements for SyncWords
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| First Name | First name of the requestor. |
| Last Name | Last name of the requestor. |
| Email Address | Email address of the requestor. The invoice would be sent to this email by default. |
| Company (optional) | Name of the organization. |
| Event Date | Date of the webinar. |
| Timezone | The timezone of the webinar. |
| Start Time | Webinar start time. |
| End Time | Webinar end time. |
| Source Language | Language of the original (incoming) audio stream that needs closed captioning. Select from the list of available languages; English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. |
| Translating To | The language in which captions are to be typed. Select from the list of available languages; English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic. |
| Audio Link (optional) | Leave this blank. |
| The Attendee-Facing URL (optional) | Zuddl event link for attendees. You can fetch this from the dashboard. |
| Event Credentials (optional) | Attendee credentials to access the event on Zuddl. |
| Speaker Names And Vocabulary (optional) | Add the list of the speaker names and other details that would help the captioner, such as company-specific terminology or acronyms, a link to a slide deck, or an agenda. |
| Additional Notes and Instruction (optional) | A space for additional notes and instructions. |
| Invoice Contact (optional) | The contact (email address) of the person to whom the invoice would be sent. By default, the invoice would be sent to the email address of the requestor's email address. |
After receiving your request, SyncWords will send an invoice for these requirements to the Invoice Contact (added in your form). When the request is accepted, you will receive a unique token that lets you enable captions on Zuddl.
Based on your requirements, it may take at least 2 weeks to confirm the integration.
Enabling caption support
Closed captioning is enabled at a stage level. After receiving the token, go to Engagement and enter the token you received from SyncWords in the Enter token field under Caption Support.
Once Captions Support is turned on, attendees can turn on the caption from the settings option (gear icon) in the particular live stage, select a language of their choice, and start reading the simultaneously converted captions of the spoken content real-time.
Caution: Since the conversion is done by a real human typist and not a bot, you should expect a 2-3-second lag.
Using captions inside the webinar
To enable captions on a live stage:
- Click the gear icon and click Captions.
- Select the desired language from the available options.
- Click Connect.
An attendee should follow the below steps in a live stage to enable closed captions:
- On the stage, click the gear icon and click Captions.
Click On and select the desired language from the list of available dropdown options.
This will display the captions in the designated text area, as shown below: