Guides
Caption guides
These guides cover the parts of captioning that trip people up once a video leaves the editor: where Reels and Shorts cover the bottom of the frame, whether to export a caption file or burn the text in, why Indian scripts need their own fonts, and what to check in an automatic transcript before you post.
They come out of building AutoCap and the problems its editor has had to solve. Where AutoCap is the tool being described, the guide says so, and every claim about the editor is checked against how it behaves.
The guides are published by AutoCap. How these guides are written covers the process and how to report a mistake.
Where to put captions on Reels and Shorts
Reels and Shorts draw buttons and text over the bottom and right of your video. Where that interface sits, and how to keep captions clear of it.
31 October 2026
SRT, VTT or burned-in captions: which to export
A caption file is text a player draws over the video, and viewers can hide it; burned-in captions are part of the picture. What each one keeps and loses.
31 October 2026
Fixing auto-caption mistakes: names and numbers
Automatic transcripts go wrong in predictable places: names, brands, English inside Indian-language speech, numbers and pauses. The order to check them in.
31 October 2026
Choosing a font for captions in Indian scripts
Many caption fonts have no Indian letters. What a device does about it, how one caption can use two typefaces, and what to check in a native-script face.
31 October 2026
Native script, romanised or English captions?
Native script, Latin letters or an English translation: who reads each one easily, what each one costs, and how AutoCap produces each from the same audio.
31 October 2026
How many words to put on screen at once
One word, a short phrase or stacked rows: how to size captions for sound-off viewing, where to break lines, and what AutoCap's caption grouping does by default.
31 October 2026
Why captions end up out of sync, and how to check
Captions late by the same amount throughout and captions that slip further behind have different causes. How to tell them apart, and how to fix each in AutoCap.
31 October 2026
Captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences
What deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers need beyond a transcript: speaker names, sound cues, faithful wording, timing and contrast, and what AutoCap can add.
31 October 2026