Manually Add Captions

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Captions: Speech to Text

Captions: Add Captions Manually

With the manual captioning process you type captions directly into the text boxes. Captions created this way are added at the point of the playhead.

Add a New Caption in Any Location

1. Click the Captions tab. The Captions task page appears.
2. Position the playhead where the caption will be added. .
3. Click Add caption media.
   
   A new caption text box appears.
   
4. Type text into the text box. The caption appears on the timeline and on the canvas as you type.
   • A caption turns red to identify that it exceeds the limit of three lines per caption.
     
5. Click the new caption on the timeline to select it. Click Play in the Preview Window to see if the new caption is synced to the audio. If necessary, drag the caption ends on the timeline to sync the caption with the audio.
   
6. Repeat steps 2 -5 for all remaining captions.

See also

• Captions (Closed and Open)
• Video Production Caption Settings
• ADA Compliancy
• Add Captions by Synchronizing Text and Audio
• Speech-to-Text Captions
• Import and Export Captions
• Edit Captions