Visual Caption Editing for Short Video

Visual Caption Editing for Short Video

What it does

Provides visual caption editing workflows: AI speech recognition, timeline-based caption UX, styling, and export for short-form platforms.

When to use

• Building or using caption editors for shorts
• Styling subtitles (position, animation, emphasis)
• Integrating AI ASR into caption pipelines

Inputs

• Video file or audio track
• Caption style preferences (font, position, emphasis rules)

Outputs

• Timestamped caption segments
• Styled caption JSON or SRT with style metadata
• Preview/export for platform upload

Steps

1. Run ASR to generate word/segment timestamps.
2. Load captions into timeline editor structure.
3. Apply style rules (emphasis on keywords, safe zones).
4. Preview sync with video.
5. Export platform-ready captions.

Quality checklist

• Captions within safe zones (not obscured by UI)
  
• Keyword emphasis applied consistently
  
• No overlap or unreadable line breaks
  
• Export format matches target platform
  

Reference repos

• flycut-caption, twick