1. Locate the caption file exported by MAGpie. This is a .txt file with timecode commands indicating when dialogue should be played.

2. Open QuickTime pro and import this .txt file.

3. Navigate to the file from MAGpie, select it and choose open.

4. Convert the file.

5. After conversion, save the file. This file will now be referred to as the "text track", so it may be a good idea to indicate that in the filename.

6. Now that you've created a text track, you simply need to add it to the video track...and it works a lot like copying and pasting text.

7. Before you can copy the track, you need to select all of it. To do this, go to

Edit --> Select All

8. Copy the track.

9. Now select

File --> Open Movie in New Player

and open the movie to which you want to add captions.

10. Once the movie is open, make sure it is rewound and then to go to

Edit --> Add

11. And now you'll have a captioned movie with the captions in the wrong place.

12. To move your captions, go to

Movie --> Get Movie Properties

13. Choose your Text Track from the drop-down menu on the left side. In this case it's called Video Track 2, but in most cases it will say Text Track.

Choose Size from the drop-down menu on the right, then click adjust.

14. Click and drag in the red area. Hold down the shift key (to ensure it only moves vertically). Keep dragging it downward until it bumps the bottom part of the window out of the way. As you drag, the text track will make room for itself. If you drag too far, a white area will appear. The text track will be in the right spot when it exactly covers the white area. Be absolutely sure not to overlap the text track and the video track.

15. When the text track is positioned correctly, press Done in the properties window.

16. The final step is to save the file as a self contained movie. Go to

File --> Save As

and be sure to rename the file and check the Make movie self-contained option.

1. Open a new .txt document, then copy and paste this code:

2. Delete the Wizard of Oz items, and replace them with your title, filenames...etc.

• Only edit text between quotation marks.

• Be sure all files are saved in the same folder.

3. Type the name of your video between the quotations here

4. Type the name of your text file between the quotations here

• The text file is from MAGpie

5. Save this file as a .smi.

6. When this .smi file is opened, it will play the QuickTime video and the Text track so that it looks like a captioned movie.

Much more can be done with SMIL and these advanced features are beyond the scope of this tutorial. Go to these sources for more information.

Webaim.org's tutorial and they list other useful references on the bottom of their page.