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Filmora Dynamic Captions

Filmora for Windows offers the utility of generating Dynamic Captions across the spoken words in your visual content. This feature uses AI to convert speech into animated, stylized text captions, enhancing viewer engagement and accessibility.

You can choose from various caption styles and customize fonts and sizes to match your video's theme. The captions are displayed on the screen, while emphasizing the word being spoken in the video with high accuracy. Filmora offers two main methods to generate these versatile captions using AI, which are presented as follows:

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Method 1. Speech to Text

This method uses the speech to text functionality and efficiently converts your spoken words into accurate text. You can then add animation to the generated captions and emphasize the specific word by accessing the fonts settings. The generated captions can be saved as separate SRT files for users to repurpose the content.

Step 1. Start By Creating a Project and Importing a Video

After launching Filmora on your Windows device, click the "New Project" option located within the homepage. Next, import the video for which you want to generate the captions and drag it to the editing timeline.

create new project add video

Step 2. Choose Speech to Text Feature

Next head to the "Title" option from the menu bar and access the "Speech to Text" option. From here, select the language parameters, output format and hit the "Generate" button to execute the process.

select speech to text feature

Step 3. Edit the Generated Captions

Once the captions are generated, double-click on the text track to enable the editing window. Here, customize the text according to your preferences as the tool provides the utility of text settings. Incorporate the changes made to the entire text by clicking the "Apply to All" button.

edit generated captions in timeline

Step 4. Customize The Generated Captions

To make the subtitles dynamic, access the "Customize" section and make changes according to your preferences. When the stylizing of the text is completed, apply it to the entire text using the "Apply To All" button. Finally, head to the top-right corner of the interface and press "Export" to save results.

add animation to video captions

Method 2. Dynamic Captions

This feature of Filmora automatically detects the spoken words in the video and generates text across them. The word that is being spoken at the moment is highlighted automatically. You can also customize the appearance of the entire text or the emphasized text or phrase according to your preferences.

Step 1. Access the Dynamic Caption Feature

After launching Filmora and importing your video to the editing interface, click on the "AI Captions" section on the left from the "Titles" section on the menu bar. Next, access the "Dynamic Captions" option from the left and select the language of the subtitles. Choose whether you want to add the translation or not and hit the "Generate" button.

access dynamic captions from titles

Step 2. Edit the Generated Dynamic Captions

Once the captions are generated, head to the right-side panel and click on the "Basic" section. Here, you can modify the appearance of the active word and the keyword according to your preferences. Moreover, apply other modifications like adding animations and hit the "Apply to All" button to make changes to the entire text.

customize dynamic captions

Step 3. Highlight the Emphasis on Spoken WordsNEW

Head to the "Text" panel on the right, select the text to be highlighted and press the "Emphasis" to highlight the emphasis on the spoken words. Once you are satisfied with the results, click the "Export" button located at the top-right corner.

highlight emphasis on spoken words

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