EasyCaptions Demos/Test Suite

EasyCaptions is a method for simplifying video captioning on webpages. It utilizes a small JavaScript utility combined with some specially formatted HTML markup. Read more at pipwerks.com.

Examples:

• Captions and Interactive Transcript: HTML5 Video only
• Captions and Interactive Transcript: HTML5 Video with Flash Fallback
• Captions and Interactive Transcript: HTML5 Video with Flash Fallback (using SWFObject to dynamically embed the SWF when HTML5 video isn't supported)
• Captions and Interactive Transcript: Flash Only, no HTML5 Video
• Captions Only (no Interactive Transcript): HTML5 Video Only
• Interactive Transcript Only (no Captions): HTML5 Video Only

These demos have been successfully tested in the following browsers:

• Firefox 3.0 (OSX 10.6.2, Windows XP)
• Firefox 3.5 (OSX 10.6.2)
• Firefox 3.6 (OSX 10.6.2, Windows 7)
• Safari 4.0 (OSX 10.6.2)
• Google Chrome 5.0 (OSX 10.6.2, Windows XP)
• Opera 10.1 (OSX 10.6.2)
• Opera 10.5 (OSX 10.6.2)
• Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP)
  • Issue: SWFObject demo doesn't correctly remove fallback content
• Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7)
  • Issue: SWFObject demo doesn't correctly remove fallback content

These demos were created by Philip Hutchison, June 2010, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Sample video and transcript provided by TED under a Creative Commons license (this site is not affiliated with TED).