How do I add captions to a talking-head video?
By Mohamed Mokbel, founder · Last updated:
Upload the video and let the first cut run. Cutora makes the captions from the transcript, you pick Clean, Bold or Karaoke, and the export burns them into the MP4.
At a glance
- Styles
- Clean, Bold and Karaoke
- You can edit
- The words and timing of each caption
- Burned in
- Into the exported MP4
- Also exported
- An SRT file in the editor handoff ZIP
Source: Cutora AI product facts. Last updated .
How do I add the captions?
- Upload your talking-head video and start the first cut.
- Cutora transcribes the video and makes one caption per card.
- Pick a style: Clean, Bold or Karaoke.
- Click a caption on the Captions lane to fix its words or its timing.
- Export the MP4. The captions are burned into the picture.
What do you control?
- The style: Clean, Bold or Karaoke.
- The words and timing of each caption. You can also add a caption at the playhead or delete one.
- Key-word highlights in English captions, which are a separate switch.
- Captions can be left out from the start: set Captions to Off in the first cut's options.
Where next?
FAQ
Can I choose the caption font, colour or position?
No. You choose one of three styles and you edit the words and timing.
Do I get a caption file?
Yes. The editor handoff ZIP holds an SRT file with one cue per caption card.
Does Cutora translate the captions?
No. Captions are in the language you speak.
A name is spelled wrong. What do I do?
Edit that caption's words. Cutora has no custom dictionary, so a misheard name is fixed by hand.