Is It Closed Captions?
We have shipped a feature that improves transcript processing!
In podcast namespace specification, transcripts can simply contain the words spoken during the podcast or additionally have timestamps associated with those words, making the transcript a closed captions file.
From today, when you upload a transcript file, we will automatically detect if it is a closed captions file and mark it accordingly in the feed for podcast players. For this detection, we will use a combination of the file type and sometimes the contents of the file.
![<cite>Travis:</cite><time>0:00</time><p>When you first get started in podcasting, it's almost guaranteed that you're going to make a handful of rookie mistakes, but that doesn't mean that you have to make all the mistakes.</p><cite>Sarah:</cite><time>0:17</time><p>Creating good audio is really key to keeping your podcast listeners engaged because no matter how good the content is, if your audio quality isn't good. It's unfortunately just going to turn them away.</p>](/static/img/blog/is-it-closed-captions/img.png)