Fix AI captions fast: clean the transcript first
Published· By Mishal Brands Editorial · tips, video
Auto captions get names and numbers wrong. Fix the transcript once, then make captions from it. Here is the 3-step fix.
Auto captions are fast, but they trip on names, brands and numbers. One wrong word in a caption looks careless.
The 3-step fix
- Fix the transcript, not the captions. Edit the text once and every caption made from it is right.
- Search for names and numbers. Use find (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) for each name, brand and figure in your video.
- Then make the captions. Generate them from the clean transcript, and keep one style: one font, 2 to 4 words per line.
Tools that do this
- Descript edits video by editing its transcript. Its pricing page lists a free plan with 60 media minutes a month.
- CapCut has auto captions and caption templates. Its pricing page lists a free plan.
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