The Caption Admin Role (Enterprise Only)
Learn to manage privileges so users can add captions and audio description tracks to other people's videos.
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Learn to manage privileges so users can add captions and audio description tracks to other people's videos.
Site Administrators grant users the role of Caption Admin within the Knowmia system. This role is best suited for a trusted individual in your organization who will either be captioning videos belonging to many other users or managing the accessibility assignments of other users. (For more information on editing user roles, see the Site Administrator Guide)
Caption Admins can:
Note: Status types for “In Progress” videos include:
Caption Admins can also assign any user to manage the accessibility options for a given video. This can be done from either the Accessibility tab or from the view page.
Adding an Assignee from the Accessibility Tab:
*The assignee must already have a Knowmia account to be assigned to a video. The assignee does not need to be a Caption Admin. They will receive an email letting them know videos have been assigned.
The assignee’s name will appear next to the specified video(s) in the Accessibility tab.
Note: Each video may only have one assignee and assignees can be edited by other Caption Admins, Site Admins, and the video owner.
Any user can select the Assigned to Me filter from the Accessibility tab to see the list of their assigned videos.
Note: The Accessibility tab is not available for videos added via YouTube.
*The assignee must already have a Knowmia account to be assigned videos. They will receive an email letting them know a video has been assigned. If you choose to generate speech-to-text captions, the assignee will receive a separate email when the generated captions are ready for review.