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Word-timed captions
Autessa Video Studio burns in word-timed captions aligned to the actual words of your script. Instead of guessing the words with speech-to-text, it times your script's words to the voiceover, so names, numbers and product terms are always spelled exactly as written.
The problem
Auto-captions misspell the words that matter most
Transcription-based captions trip on brand names, people's names and jargon, and someone has to proofread every line. Video Studio already knows the words, because they are in your script, so it only has to find when each one is spoken.
Where it happens
What you get
- Captions use your script's words as the truth, not a transcription guess.
- Each word is timed to the voiceover, AI or recorded or uploaded.
- Captions are chunked into short readable lines.
- Captions stay with the words and do not run into the pauses between scenes.
- Burned into the final video, and also delivered as .srt and .ass caption files.
- With no voiceover, captions are spaced evenly across each scene.
How it works
How does word-timed captions work in Autessa Video Studio?
Turn on captions
In Finish, switch on word-timed captions.
Pick a style
Choose the caption style that fits.
Render
The Aligning step times every word to the voice, then the video is rendered with the captions burned in.
Download caption files
Get .srt and .ass files alongside the video.
Every option
Caption options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Word-timed captions | On or off. |
| Style | Shout, TikTok, TikTok Yellow, Outline, Subtle or Karaoke. |
| Caption files | .srt and .ass downloads after render. |
| Clean video | A version with no burned-in captions. |
Permissions
Who can do what?
| Who | Can |
|---|---|
| Owner or editor (Can edit) | Turns captions on or off and picks the style. |
| Viewer (Can view) | Watches the captioned video and downloads caption files where shared. |
| Company admin | Chooses which roles can use Video Studio with the "Video Studio" role permission. |
AI assist
Where AI helps here
Alignment uses a forced-alignment model that matches your known words to the audio. It is part of rendering, which is free.
Video Studio runs on Autessa's own AI models and shows an AI task estimate before every step that uses AI.
About AI task estimates →Connected
How it connects to the rest of Video Studio
FAQ
Questions about word-timed captions
How are captions timed to the voiceover?
Video Studio aligns the words of your script to the voiceover audio, so each caption appears as its words are spoken.
Will captions misspell names?
No. Captions use your script's words, so names and terms appear exactly as you wrote them.
Can I get an SRT file?
Yes. Every render with captions includes .srt and .ass files.
Do captions cost extra?
No. Caption alignment is part of rendering, which is free.
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