Videos

Learn from videos you actually want to watch

Videos give you access to real spoken language together with visual context, tone of voice and natural pacing.

In Vocafy, supported videos can be opened with interactive subtitles and language-learning tools around them, so you can do more than simply watch with captions turned on.

You can follow what is being said, pause when something is difficult, return to individual sentences and save useful language as you find it.

Follow the current sentence as you watch

Vocafy keeps the current subtitle visible while the video is playing, together with its translation when one is available.

You can show the subtitle over the video or below it, depending on how you prefer to watch.

Move to the previous or next sentence when you want to look at something again instead of searching manually through the timeline.

This makes it easier to stay connected to the exact part of the video you are trying to understand.

Jump to any sentence in the video

The complete subtitle is also available as an interactive list.

Click any subtitle line and the video jumps directly to that point. You can also replay an individual sentence when you want to hear it again without replaying a larger section of the video.

This is useful when a sentence is too fast the first time, contains an unfamiliar expression or simply deserves a closer listen.

Look up and save vocabulary from the subtitles

The subtitles are interactive, just like text in other parts of Vocafy.

Select a word to see its meaning or translation together with the sentence where it appears.

If it is useful, save it to your learning memory or add it to one of your own Voca sets.

The word is saved with its context, so it does not become an isolated item separated from the video where you found it.

Vocafy can also highlight vocabulary according to your learning status, making it easier to notice words you already know, words you are learning and words that may be new.

Read the video as a text

Sometimes it is easier to understand a difficult video when you stop watching for a moment and work with the language as text.

The Reader view turns the full subtitle into a continuous reading text using the same interactive reader tools available elsewhere in Vocafy.

You can read at your own pace, look up words, save vocabulary and use learning-status or grammatical highlighting without having to follow the speed of the speaker.

This lets the same video work as both listening material and a reading exercise.

Use translations when you need them

A translation of the subtitle can be added when you want more support understanding the video.

You can use the translated sentence alongside the original while watching, or work with the text in the Reader view.

As the video becomes more familiar, you can rely less on the translation and return your attention to the original language.

See how familiar the language is

Vocafy can analyse the vocabulary in the subtitle and compare it with your learning memory.

This gives you an idea of how much of the language is already familiar and how much may be new before you spend time working through the whole video.

You can also explore information about the vocabulary used in the transcript, including frequently repeated words.

This can help you choose videos that fit your current level or identify useful vocabulary before you start watching in detail.

Save a YouTube video directly from the web

If you find a useful video while browsing YouTube, the Vocafy Chrome extension provides a quick way to bring it into Videos.

Open the extension on a supported YouTube video, choose the subtitle track you want to use and save the video to Vocafy.

The video then appears in your Videos collection with its title, thumbnail and selected subtitles ready for the interactive tools in Vocafy.

You can immediately work with the subtitle list, replay sentences, switch to Reader view and start saving vocabulary.

Vocafy works with the original embedded video and its available subtitles rather than downloading the video itself.

You can also add videos manually

The browser extension is the quickest option for supported YouTube videos, but it is not the only way to add material.

You can also provide a YouTube link directly in Vocafy. The basic video information is loaded automatically, and you can add the subtitle text separately when needed.

This gives you another way to turn a useful video into interactive learning material even when you are not using the extension.

Keep what you learn from the video

Words and expressions you save from subtitles become part of your Vocafy learning memory together with the sentence where you encountered them.

You can also organise selected vocabulary into your own Voca sets for a particular video, topic or learning goal.

The useful language you find in a video therefore does not have to disappear when the video ends. You can meet and practise it again elsewhere in Vocafy.