# Closed Captioning similar to Youtube **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 26, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-similar-to-youtube/674815 "2013-11-26T13:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@prabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prabs)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-similar-to-youtube/674815/1 "2013-11-26T13:35:53Z")
Hi there I am looking for a software that does automatic captioning for an audio file when played in a player, similar to youtube captioning. I think that could assist and save time for transcriptioning work. Please reply. thanks and regards prabs ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-similar-to-youtube/674815/2 "2013-11-26T17:16:12Z")
> [@Carl Weathers](#): > > Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going. no hidden message ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-similar-to-youtube/674815/3 "2013-11-26T17:26:06Z")
ahem, this ended up on a different page than it was supposed to. Does this always happen when you have several pages on SDMB open? Sorry…