Go to our Databases menu and locate Academic Video Online (otherwise known as AVON)
Browse a list of over 75,000 videos!
Click on the video you would like to watch.
Click the Captioning button in the bottom right corner of the video and choose your preferred language.
You can also choose the Automatic Translation option for an "on-the-fly" machine translation.
If there is no captioning button, the video unfortunately does not contain closed-captions.
Captioning in KANOPY
How to locate captioning in Kanopy:
Go to our Databases menu and locate Kanopy
Browse a number of films of various genres!
Click on the video you would like to watch.
After pressing Play on the video, locate the Captions button in the bottom right corner of the video.
In Captions Settings, you can change various aspects of the captions, such as the font size and color
Captioning in SWANK
How to find Captioning in Swank:
Locate Swank Digital Campus on our Databases menu
Browse dozens of videos by title or category!
Locate the video you would like to watch.
After clicking on the video, information about the video will appear at the bottom of the screen, including an icon for closed-captioning (if the video contains them). Then, click on the Watch button.
Locate the icon in the bottom right corner of the video, as shown below. Here, you will be able to turn on closed-captions.
Audio Descriptions in AVON
AVON will provide audio descriptions for videos upon request. To request, please contact colls@syr.edu
Streaming videos, including documentaries, newsreels and programs, interviews, and performances, on a wide range of subjects from providers such as CBS, Universal, and The Open University.
