Edit Captions in ScreenPal

Edit captions

There are several options to update captions for a video you've previously completed:

  1. Edit captions directly in the interactive captions editor.
  2. Replace your existing captions by uploading a new captions file (you can do this in the app or in your hosting account after uploading the video to ScreenPal).
  3. Replace captions by using the automated speech-to-text captions feature.
  4. Edit your captions in a Story, which uses your script to automatically generate a captions file.

 

1. Edit an existing captions file in the Video Editor.


  1. To open the Video Editor, log into your account.

  2. Click the Open Video Editor icon () at the top of the screen.

  3. On the Project Manager screen, click the video for which you want to edit captions. You will enter the video preview screen.

  4. Click on the lower right side of the timeline to display the Captions menu.

  5. Next to the existing captions, click the Edit icon.


  
      The video opens in the video preview area and the Captions Text Editor is displayed on the right.


  1. Insert your cursor in the Captions Text box, edit the caption text as necessary, and then click OK.

  2. To reupload your video with the edited captions, click Upload to ScreenPal.



2. Replace existing captions file

2a. Replace captions file in the Video Editor

  1. To open the Video Editor, log into your account.

  2. Click the Open Video Editor icon () at the top of the screen.

  3. On the Project Manager screen, click the video for which you want to edit captions. You will enter the video preview screen.

  4. Click on the lower right side of the timeline to display the Captions menu.

  5. On the Captions menu, click Add New Captions.

  6. From the Add Captions menu, chose Captions from file and selected a captions file from your computer.



2b. Replace existing captions file for a video you have uploaded to your ScreenPal Hosting account.
You can upload a new captions file (including multiple captions file in different languages) from the Content area of the website. For more information, see the article about uploading captions.

3. Replace captions using the Automated Speech-to-text Captions feature in the Video Editor.

  1. To open the Video Editor, log into your account.

  2. Click the Open Video Editor icon () at the top of the screen.

  3. On the Project Manager screen, click the video for which you want to edit captions. You will enter the video preview screen.

  4. Click on the lower right side of the timeline to display the Captions menu.

  5. On the Captions menu, click Add New Captions.

  6. From the Add Captions menu, chose Speech-to-text (use the drop down menu to change language based on narration language) and selecte a captions file from your computer.



4. Edit your captions in a Story
If you create a story using the Stories feature, your text script is used to automatically create a captions file.   You can easily change your script and the resulting captions file using Stories.

  1. From the Project Manager, click the Video (Story) for which you want update captions and then click Edit Story.

  2. You will enter the Story from the Grid or List mode and see your Script sections which serve as your captions.

  3. Place your cursor into any of the Script text boxes and edit your Script as needed. Next time you publish the captions file will be updated based on the new script.

 

That should do it!


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