There are several ways to get cc on any video:
Browser-based: Web Captioner
- Go to webcaptioner.com in Chrome or Firefox.
- Give it mic access; it will listen to your speakers (or system audio if you pipe it through a virtual audio cable) and display real‑time captions in your browser.
- Pros: Free, works on any video source.
- Cons: Accuracy depends on audio quality and background noise.
- Chrome’s Live Caption
- In Chrome, go to Settings → Accessibility → Live Caption and turn it on.
- It will auto‑generate captions for any media playing in your browser (YouTube, Netflix web player, etc.).
- No extra apps needed, but it only works inside Chrome.
- macOS Live Captions (macOS Ventura and later)
- System Settings → Accessibility → Live Captions.
- Toggle it on—you’ll get captions for any audio or video playing on your Mac (including in apps like QuickTime, Safari, Zoom).
- Works system‑wide with built‑in speech recognition.
- Windows 11 Live Captions
- Press Win + Ctrl + L to open Live Caption.
- It can caption any audio playing on your PC once you’ve turned it on in Settings → Accessibility → Hearing → Live captions.
- Third‑Party Apps
- Otter.ai (iOS/Android/Windows/Mac): Live transcription via mic or by importing audio/video files.
- AVA (iOS/Android): Designed for accessibility, works in real time over your device mic.
- CaptiView (macOS): A menu‑bar app that listens and captions system audio.
Tip: For best accuracy, use a virtual‑audio‑cable tool (Loopback on Mac, VB‑Cable on Windows) to route your system sound into the captioning app directly rather than via microphone.