Closed Captioning VS Subtitles: Differences & When to Use Them
Understand what differentiates subtitles and closed captioning and how to add them to your own videos with ease.
Use VEED’s AI to instantly generate captions and subtitles for your audio or video, and download your transcript in SRT format. VEED’s powerful AI technology can detect speech and instantly create a transcript for you. You can even translate your transcript to different languages. Or automatically translate your videos and download the translated transcription.
Upload your audio or video to VEED, or start recording using our webcam and audio recorder. You can also drag and drop your files into the editor.
Under Subtitles, click ‘Auto Transcribe,’ select your preferred language, and you're done! Your transcript is generated. Edit your transcript if necessary.
Without exiting the Subtitles page, click ‘Options’ and download your transcription in SRT format.
VEED’s SRT creator and text editor lets you auto-generate closed captions and add subtitles straight from your browser; there is no software to install. You can access all your projects online. It’s the fastest and best subtitle tool for content creators. Make your videos accessible to all audiences on social media and video-sharing platforms.
Our ultra-fast cloud-based servers will have your audio and video files uploaded, transcribed, and converted into text files in a matter of seconds. Convert your audio to text for documentation. You no longer have to sit and listen while manually typing along to your recordings. You may have to edit a few lines, but it’s still faster than manual transcription.
VEED also lets you hard-code your SRT subtitles to your video. If you want to make any changes to your subtitles, simply click on the text and start typing. Watch edits appear on the video in real time. Add animations and highlights, such as a box highlight or a karaoke-style animation, to your subtitles! Adding these will make your videos more engaging.
Understand what differentiates subtitles and closed captioning and how to add them to your own videos with ease.
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Our online audio and video transcription software is just one of the tools you can use within VEED’s platform. VEED is a complete video editing app that has plenty of extra features that you won’t find in other free video editors. You can also split, cut, and trim your audio files before transcribing them. If you are transcribing a video, you can burn or hard-code your subtitles to make your videos more accessible!