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May 12, 2023 How to Type Faster Automatically

Typing has become a fundamental part of everyday life. And even though personal messages do not need to be typed...

Apr 30, 2023 How to Add Multiple Language Audio Tracks to Youtube Videos

Before seeing how you can add audio tracks to Youtube videos (when the feature is out), let's talk about...

Mar 1, 2023 How to Transcribe a Google Meet Video

Post-COVID, many workplaces are switching up the way they hold meetings. Instead of physically commuting...

Feb 24, 2023 Captioning and Subtitling Terms to Know

If you’ve ever seen a movie, YouTube video, or television show with captions or subtitles, then you know...

Feb 17, 2023 How To Dictate A Video On Word

Do you have a video project that you need to transcribe quickly but don't have the time or energy to manually...

Feb 15, 2023 How To Transcribe A Video Recording In Minutes

When it comes to recording and transcribing audio or video footage for content, the task can seem daunting....

Feb 10, 2023 How to Get the Transcript of a Vimeo Video

In addition to YouTube, Vimeo is a highly popular platform for high-quality video content. The platform...

Feb 7, 2023 How to Generate Automatic Notes from Video

Note-taking is an important part of research and learning for students, but taking notes from videos can...

Feb 3, 2023 How to Transcribe Audio to Text on PC

Transcribing audio to text has become an increasingly popular task, as many people now realize the importance...

Feb 1, 2023 5 Reasons to Transcribe Lectures

Reportedly, 46% of college students took classes exclusively online in the Fall 2020 semester, with online...

Jan 28, 2023 The Best eLearning Authoring Tools for 2023

The world of eLearning is changing rapidly, and it's important for your learning management system (LMS)...

Jan 22, 2023 5 Ways to Make eLearning More Accessible for the Disabled

In our fast-paced and tech-savvy world, technology is becoming increasingly accessible to everyone.For example, more people than ever before are using...

Jan 21, 2023 10 Video File Management Software Solutions for 2023

Conventional digital marketing is a noisy landscape. Gone are the days when a banner ad can attract attention. Videos engage audiences quicker and better...

Jan 20, 2023 What to Look for in a Subtitling Enterprise Tool

Publishing enterprise videos involves more than pointing a camera and shooting footage, even for a short video. You probably already know all...

Jan 19, 2023 5 Design Tips for Multilingual E-Learning Courses

Online courses with audiences in multiple locations or who speak multiple languages should take a multi-language approach. With the advancement...

Jan 18, 2023 Tips for Meeting WCAG Requirements in Online Learning and Development

Online training for employee training as well as public education remains part of the educational landscape....

Jan 17, 2023 The Importance of Accessibility in Learning and Development

In the United States alone, 26% of people live with a disability. Many people with disabilities use screen readers and other assistive technologies to help...

Jan 16, 2023 The Easiest Ways to Repurpose a Video into a Blog

If you have a lot of videos you’ve recorded and maybe even already posted to your social media accounts, you might be wondering if it’s time to make more...

Jan 15, 2023 13 Helpful Work-From-Home Apps to Try

According to recent reports, the number of people working from home has more than tripled since the year 2019. In fact, in 2019, the percentage of folks...

Jan 14, 2023 How to Transcribe a Voice Memo

iPhone voice memos are a simple way to record your thoughts for later. They’re also a great tool for recording interviews or lectures.While listening back to the voice memo can help...

Jan 13, 2023 How to Record an iPhone Conversation

Have you ever wanted to record a phone call between yourself and another person? Maybe it was to remember the steps of a project you are working...

Jan 12, 2023 How to Increase Online Learning Engagement

In fall 2020, approximately 75% (11.8 million) of all undergraduate students were enrolled in at least one distance education course, and 44% (7.0 million)...

Jan 11, 2023 Online Classes 101: What You Need to Know

COVID-19 in early 2020 only accelerated the digital transformation that was already in progress. Many people turned to the digital world...

Jan 10, 2023 Twitch Text-to-Speech

As a Twitch streamer, you know how important it is to entertain your viewers. You must engage them in any way you can or they will quit watching your channel...

Jan 9, 2023 How to Download Reels from Instagram without the Watermark

As creators try to battle the ever-confusing Instagram algorithm, posting Reels has been one shining way to stay...

Jan 8, 2023 11 Note-Taking Tips to Try Today!

Note-taking is a powerful learning and studying tool. Rather than simply experiencing information, note-taking helps you engage with...

Jan 7, 2023 How to Quickly Grow Your YouTube Channel

YouTube, since its creation in 2005, has been a mainstay for many to share videos and grow as creators of online content.YouTube is...

Jan 6, 2023 How to Add Transcript to Video

Whether you’re an educator making an eLearning video, a content creator working on their next piece, or a business marketer, transcribing videos to text is a valuable step to take.You...

Jan 5, 2023 Open Captions vs Closed Captions

Due to the digital transformation, everyone has access to the internet. Even so, accessibility is still a common struggle. This is especially true when...

Jan 4, 2023 How to: Discord Text to Speech

Discord is an app that’s quickly rising in popularity for streamers, gamers, and others who enjoy large-group conversations. The instant-messaging platform...

Jan 3, 2023 6 Ways to Repurpose Video Content

No matter if video making is a passion or profession for you, there are times when you may to repurpose your pre-existing content. Repurposing content is...

Jan 2, 2023 Tips for Podcast Topic Generation

The number of podcast listeners has steadily increased over the last several years.In 2022, 62% of consumers report listening to podcasts.Because of the...

Jan 1, 2023 5 Reasons Why Video Voiceovers Are Important

Video advertisements are powerful for your marketing strategy. The truth is that digital marketing is saturated with tons of content, so setting yours apart...

Dec 31, 2022 How to Dub a Video

One common part of video editing is adding a video voiceover in other languages.Video dubbing enhances a video in many ways. For example, adding a voiceover...

Dec 30, 2022 12 Must-Know Video Editing Tips for Beginners

Video is a powerful medium for content creation of all types. Whether you are a casual vlogger, a teacher, or a business professional, video is helpful...

Dec 26, 2022 How to Shorten a Screen Recording on Android

Screen recordings are extremely helpful for various tutorials. Whether you are a teacher creating an educational video for students, or a content creator...

Dec 6, 2022 How to Choose a Podcast Platform

Podcasting has boomed enormously over the past decade, and for good reason. According to some sources, there are as many as 2.4 million podcasts worldwide...

Nov 28, 2022 Everything You Need to Know About LinkedIn Video in 2022

By now, we are all mostly familiar with the platform LinkedIn. Founded in 2002, the social media platform grew in popularity with the rise of other social...

Nov 26, 2022 8 Benefits of Transcribing a Podcast

While it might be true that you can not please everybody all the time, you can please as many as possible. People engage with different content in various...

Nov 25, 2022 What is the Best Way to Transcribe Audio?

There are endless reasons to transcribe audio to text. Audio and video content are very powerful ways to engage an audience, but you may want to convert...

Nov 24, 2022 How to Shorten a Screen Recording on iPhone

Recording your screen is an unsung tool used by creators, professionals, teachers, and more. If you have an iPhone, then you can use this helpful feature. You can...

Nov 16, 2022 Video Transcription Tips to Try Today

Whether you're working with audio or video, video transcription is an important skill that can help you with note-taking, content creation for multiple channels...

Nov 15, 2022 5 Easy Ways to Transcribe a YouTube Video to Text

There are many important reasons to transcribe YouTube videos, but the process can be quite tedious. Whether you’ve just started your YouTube...

Oct 11, 2022 The Best Online Transcriber Alternative in 2022

If you are looking to convert audio to text, then you need a transcription service. For many, this “service” is a person in the form of a transcriber. The internet opens...

Oct 10, 2022 How to Transcribe Audio to Text on Mac

Apple products have long been used by creatives in many industries and students. As of 2018, there were 100,000 Mac users, and numbers have only grown...

Aug 30, 2022 Best TikTok Video Downloaders without the Watermark

There can be a million ways why you do not want a watermark on your videos. Here is how you can download and share Tiktok videos without a watermark!

Aug 1, 2022 How To Add Subtitles to YouTube Videos

Learn how to add Subtitles to YouTube videos using Maestra. Maestra allows you to create Closed Captions & Subtitles to videos in minutes using AI technology.

Jul 7, 2022 How to Translate Youtube Subtitles Automatically

Subtitles allow growth through accessibility, so let's take a look at how you can translate the subtitles on Youtube videos. There are 3 ways you...

Apr 30, 2022 Sign Language Alphabets in the World

Sign language alphabets are born from deaf communities. And like spoken language, different language alphabets emerge from various sign language...

Mar 11, 2022 Best Mobile Apps for Video Editing

Video has become an increasingly popular means of experiencing the world. Foodies, travel and adventure vloggers, models, influencers, and all sorts of...

Feb 24, 2022 Youtube SEO Techniques

Since its founding in 2005, Youtube has become one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet, with over 2 billion active users. It’s a nexus of everything from tutorials to movies...

Feb 19, 2022 How Can Voiceover Make Your Work/Study Life Easier?

The term "voiceover" may not be as ubiquitous and universal as "captioning" or "transcription", but the practice of adding external audio to video footage...

Feb 16, 2022 How a Caption Generator can Make Your Work/Study Life Easier

With all the new gadgets, lifehacks, and five-minute DIY crafts to be found around the web, it might be easy to overlook...

Feb 9, 2022 A Beginner’s Guide for Vlogging in 2022

As more and more people turn to social media and the Internet to share their lives and stories, vlogging is becoming an increasingly popular form of expression...

Feb 5, 2022 Subtitle Fails in Movies

People rely on great, accurate subtitles. Whether it’s a parent with very young (loud) children who’s attempting to enjoy a movie, an elderly person with a hearing impairment, or just the 85% of people...

Jan 27, 2022 10 Ways to Create Shareable Content for Social Media

Creating shareable content for social media is important to growing your business and extending the reach of your marketing. When people share your...

Jan 22, 2022 Caption and Subtitle Instagram Videos with Maestra

Instagram is rapidly becoming one of the most popular and influential social media platforms around the world. At first a more image-based alternative to...

Jan 17, 2022 How to Create a Strong Content Marketing Strategy in 2022

For companies which sell products or offer services online, it’s no longer enough to use the Internet as just a platform for advertising. The most...

Jan 12, 2022 How to Make Your Video CV More Effective With Subtitles

The interview process is changing. As applications for schools, jobs, internships, and other organizations have become digitized over the past few decades...

Jan 10, 2022 The Importance of Transcribing Educational Videos

The internet is becoming a more and more integral part of education, and the web now serves as a repository for digital lectures, learning modules...

Jan 2, 2022 How to Become a Youtuber in 2022

As the usage and popularity of the world’s largest video-sharing platform continues to grow, Youtube creators are coming more and more to resemble...

Dec 21, 2021 A History of Subtitles

Subtitles are a common feature in all forms of video viewing today. With their ease of use and ubiquity across all major streaming services and public television channels, we tend to take them for...

Dec 15, 2021 How to generate a URL for SRT/VTT files?

In this article, I will be showing an easy method to create a URL of your SRT or VTT files. I will be using a free service, GitHub Gist. With Gist, you can easily...

Dec 2, 2021 How Foreign, Vintage, and Experimental Films Can Benefit From Captioning

There are many ways to tell a story, and cinema has been one of the most popular forms of doing so for well over a century...

Nov 20, 2021 How Educators Can Subtitle and Caption Zoom Videos Automatically

In an increasingly online world, the tools and methods of education for both children and adults are quickly changing...

Nov 11, 2021 Using Voiceover for Motion Films and Documentary Films

One of the most important things video content creators have to realize is that viewers will see and understand their videos in different ways. At times...

Oct 28, 2021 Narration Vs. Voiceover - All That You Need to Know

Voiceover is a technique of adding audio to a video which explains, elaborates upon, or provides other additional information about the content. Video...

Oct 6, 2021 What Is Voiceover and Why Is It Important for Your Videos?

In a world where the presentation of information and content is becoming increasingly diversified, being able to translate between different media...

Sep 20, 2021 Automated Vs. Manual Transcription Service

In a world where the presentation of information and content is becoming increasingly diversified, being able to translate between different media...

Sep 7, 2021 Benefits of Using Closed Captions in Videos

“Closed Captioning” is a term that many of us have grown accustomed to hearing about, especially when it comes to watching a favorite television show...

Aug 25, 2021 10 Free Podcast Hosting Platforms

Content creators are constantly looking for new ways to grab their audience’s attention, which has contributed greatly to podcast’s popularity. This form...

Aug 5, 2021 Captions/Subtitles for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers

The popularity of video content is growing exponentially. Research conducted by Limelight states: “On average viewers spend six hours...

Jul 20, 2021 Captions vs. Subtitles: What’s the difference between them?

The words “captions” and “subtitles” are often used interchangeably to refer to the words that can appear along the bottom of your screen while watching a video.

Jul 7, 2021 How To Add Captions To Social Media Videos to Boost Engagement & Reach

For so long, we have heard that visual media like video speaks for itself and often captures attention better than any other form of media.

Jun 21, 2021 What Are SDH Subtitles? Everything You Need to Know

Video content consumption has increased recently with the rising popularity of smartphones and social media. Globally people are spending more time watching videos...

Jun 9, 2021 How to Create A Killer Explainer Video?

Video Marketing has been proven to boost conversion rates by creating a substantial impact on viewers. It has gained popularity over the years and is preferred by most marketers.

May 29, 2021 11 Essential Tools And Resources For Journalists

Here are eleven must-have tools and resources for journalists and writers to help them get a more manageable work-life balance.

May 16, 2021 10 Best Fonts for Subtitles and Closed Captioning

Readability is crucial. After all, the purpose of adding subtitles is to allow your viewers to understand what’s happening in your video.

May 7, 2021 15 Ways to Promote Short Films

Have you made an incredible short film that you’re ready to show to the world? If yes, then here are 15 ways you can promote short films to reach a targeted or global audience.

May 1, 2021 Benefits Of Subtitling Videos To Reach An International Audience

Studies show that videos are one of the most influential ways to attract an audience, and over a billion videos are streamed each day on YouTube alone...

Apr 22, 2021 15 Beginner Tips For Growing Your Brand On YouTube

Here are 15 tips and tactics for optimizing your YouTube Channel. It’s also a step-by-step guide to grow your brand on YouTube from scratch.

Apr 10, 2021 How To Do Voice Overs In Minutes: Step-By-Step Guide

Learn how to do a voice over. With Maestra you can automatically voice over videos to foreign languages in minutes using artificial intelligence and computer generated voices.

Apr 2, 2021 10 Must-Have Tools for Journalists and Writers 2022

Are you a Journalist or Content Writer? Here are 10 most useful tools for professional journalists, content writers, technical writers, bloggers, & freelance writers.

Mar 27, 2021 How to transcribe audio to text?

Audio and video content are popular forms of content that audiences love and find easy to connect with. YouTube videos, audiobooks, and podcasts are essential for effective communication...

Mar 20, 2021 Automatically dub your videos to 20+ foreign languages.

With Maestra you can automatically dub your videos to foreign languages in just minutes.

Mar 15, 2021 Add Captions to your videos automatically, in just minutes.

With Maestra you can easily caption your videos to text by using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Mar 7, 2021 Automatically add subtitles to your videos, and translate automatically in just minutes.

The world is connected today more than ever, so shouldn’t you be able to share your content with all parts of it?

Mar 1, 2021 Automatically transcribe your audio & video files to text online.

With Maestra you can automatically transcribe your audio & video to text in just minutes.

26 May, 2020 Easily Transcribe Your Zoom Meetings To Text Automatically!

With Maestra you can easily transcribe your zoom calls in just minutes. Here’s how to do it in 3 easy steps!

25 May, 2020 Automatically generate subtitles with the all new text editor!

Automatically subtitle and caption videos to English and foreign languages in just seconds with Maestra’s new text editor.

22 Apr, 2020 Embed Your Videos With Subtitles and Voiceovers

With Maestra you can now embed your automatically subtitled and voiced over videos directly on to your website!