User`s guide

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It also works with OS X Mac applications by using the OMNI application:
|www.vpedal.com/omni.php.
Note: Although it is technically possible, we strongly recommend that you do not try to
transcribe the video within MacCaption. MacCaption works most efficiently, if you
transcribe the video as a text document in your favorite word processor and then import
the file to MacCaption. MacCaption will automatically break the text into individual
captions in split seconds - saveing lots of time.
Caption File Creation
First you will need the transcript of the video. The transcript simply needs to be a plain text file.
No special formatting is necessary. There are several ways to get the transcript of your
production:
You can use a foot pedal control like vPedal from www.vpedal.com.
Or, you can use speech recognition software such as MacSpeech from www.macspeech.com or
ViaVoice. After training the speech recognition software, you listen to the video and repeat the
dialogue into the microphone. At the beginning, you are going to get lot of errors. But you can
teach the software to fix the errors and down the road you can expect to get about 95% accuracy.
Once you’ve obtained the script of the show, you import the text into our software. Our software
will automatically break up the text into caption blocks with about 80% accuracy. You can easily
do the final 20% manually using our software.
Working with vPedal
To control videos using the vPedal you must first download the plug-in for the media player you
will be using to play your videos. There are plug-ins for QuickTime and iTunes available for
download at http://www.vpedal.com and also an Omni plug-in that allows vPedal to work with
any program.
Transcribing Using QuickTime Videos
• Download the QuickTime Player plug-in at:
http://www.vpedal.com/QuickTime.php
• After you’ve installed it, double click the vPedal Player icon
• Then click on the File menu and choose Open