Add Captions to Video
Captions boost accessibility, keep viewers engaged, and give your content a global edge—so you can speak to every viewer, everywhere.
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Captions boost accessibility, keep viewers engaged, and give your content a global edge—so you can speak to every viewer, everywhere.
Get startedThese companies use Descript. Not bad!
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Begin by creating a new project and importing your video file. When prompted, let the tool analyze your audio to generate a written transcript. Once the transcript is ready, you can skim through it word by word—this ensures that you have a text version to match up with your video.
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Next, enable the feature that turns your transcript into synced captions. You can choose to apply captions to the entire video or to specific segments—ideal for adding subtitles to certain scenes. Tweak the captions' appearance, like text size or font style, to ensure they stay on-brand.
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Give your captions a personal touch by shifting their placement, altering background color, or resizing for different formats. Once you’re happy, export your video. Whether you prefer a local export or a link-based share, your captions are locked in and good to go.
Millions watch content with the sound off. Adding captions ensures your message lands even if viewers aren’t listening.
Captions lock in curiosity—people stick around when they can follow a video’s message word-for-word, even in a noisy space.
If your audience spans borders, you can cater to them by easily switching languages and customizing how captions appear on screen.
Tools that go beyond generating captions
Automatically label who’s speaking—no more manual guesswork when multiple voices appear in a single clip.
Kick out the ‘uh’ and ‘um’ extras instantly without losing sync between captions and audio.
Easily remove backgrounds from videos (or GIFs) and add fresh visuals that match your brand or story.
Conquer borders by converting captions into 20+ languages—perfect for international audiences.
With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video and podcasting world.
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“With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.”
Donna B.
“With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page much faster and with high quality.”
Balázs N.
“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”
Barbara C.
“Descript makes recording and editing audio and video a breeze. It's advanced features have streamlined my workflows, saving me a lot of time usually spent editing.”
Roderick F.
“The collaborative tools streamline teamwork, allowing my team and me to work efficiently together on projects. Overall, Descript enhances productivity and simplifies the editing process.”
Aldrich M.
“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”
Nidhin M.
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