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Add captions to a video and burn them in Transcribe the speech onto the CC row, check the words, and export. The captions are drawn into the picture so they play anywhere.
Where to find it Editor → timeline → CC row → Transcribe speech
How to do it 1 On the CC row under Text in the timeline, press Transcribe speech . Or press Copy Text track to use lines you already transcribed.
2 Click any caption to fix its words in the Caption line card.
3 Click the CC label to show or hide captions on the video, or use Show on the video in the Captions card on the Export tab.
4 Press Export video… . The captions are burned into the picture.
Good to know Captions copied from the Text track keep following its edits, Smart cleanup and Undo. Lines typed by hand move with cuts. Transcribing needs macOS 26. GIF exports draw the captions too.
Who can use it Free; needs macOS 26 on Mac
Where it works Mac · iPhone · Web This guide answers How do I add subtitles to my video? How do I burn captions into the video? How do I make captions from my transcript? Do captions cost anything? How do I hide the captions? Why are my captions not showing? Related guides Change how captions look
Pick one of 19 caption styles, then change the font, color, outline, background, animation and position. The preview matches the export.
Fix caption words and timing
Correct a caption’s words, drag it to retime it, split it, or add a line by hand at the playhead.
Add captions to a video on iPhone
Transcribe speech on your iPhone, fix any words, style the captions, and burn them into the exported video.
Transcribe a video to text
Turn the speech in a recording into text on the Text track, on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded and it costs nothing.
Still stuck? Support covers install, permissions and how to send feedback from the app.
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