Google Slides Now Supports Closed Captioning!
This feature has been added for quite a while now (since October 2018 or so), and I just found out about it last week. Closed Captioning for live presentations in google Slides is the coolest new feature and I want all of you readers to know about it. I made a short video showing off how easy it is to use and will add that link as soon as the video is ready.
But this post couldn't wait. So I'd instead like to share with you the resources I used once I heard about this feature. I absolutely could not believe that google Slides would make a live closed captioning as you presented your slide show, so I googled some other educator's videos of them using the feature.
Basically, you start a google Slides presentation in Present mode, and then click the closed caption button at the bottom:
Then, you will have to give permission for the application to use your microphone on your computer. As you speak, it will display text below your slides with the same accuracy as the google docs voice typing feature.
Here is the video that I watched twice through from friEdTechnology. She shows how to use this with screencast! Your students can even use this implementation to record and caption their own presentations in class.
And here is Ditch That Textbook's video.
Please test out this awesome feature in your classroom and impress your students and colleagues!
But this post couldn't wait. So I'd instead like to share with you the resources I used once I heard about this feature. I absolutely could not believe that google Slides would make a live closed captioning as you presented your slide show, so I googled some other educator's videos of them using the feature.
Basically, you start a google Slides presentation in Present mode, and then click the closed caption button at the bottom:
Then, you will have to give permission for the application to use your microphone on your computer. As you speak, it will display text below your slides with the same accuracy as the google docs voice typing feature.Here is the video that I watched twice through from friEdTechnology. She shows how to use this with screencast! Your students can even use this implementation to record and caption their own presentations in class.
And here is Ditch That Textbook's video.
Please test out this awesome feature in your classroom and impress your students and colleagues!
