Adding Subtitles to Your Videos with AI Transcription

Why Every Video Needs Subtitles

Studies show that up to 85% of social media videos are watched without sound. Subtitles are not just an accessibility feature - they are essential for engagement. Highlight Studio makes adding subtitles effortless with built-in AI transcription.

Generate Subtitles in One Click

Open the Subtitles panel in the editor and click Transcribe. Highlight Studio extracts the audio from your recording and sends it through an AI-powered speech-to-text engine (OpenAI Whisper). Within moments, you will have timestamped subtitle segments for your entire video.

The transcription supports multiple languages and can auto-detect the spoken language, so you do not need to configure anything for most use cases.

Review and Edit

AI transcription is highly accurate, but it is always worth a quick review:

• Click on any segment to edit the text directly.
• Use the search function to find and correct specific words across all segments.
• Adjust segment start and end times if the timing is slightly off.
• Enable word-by-word sync for a karaoke-style effect where individual words highlight as they are spoken.

Style Your Subtitles

Generic white-on-black subtitles work, but branded subtitles look better. Customize:

• Font - Match your brand typography.
• Size - Large enough to read on mobile screens.
• Text color - Use your brand's primary color or white for contrast.
• Background - Add a semi-transparent background behind the text for readability on busy screen recordings. Adjust the opacity to taste.

Subtitles in Your Export

When you export your video, subtitles are burned directly into the video frames with all styling preserved. This means they display perfectly on every platform - no need to upload a separate SRT file or rely on platform-specific captioning.

Adding subtitles takes less than a minute and can dramatically increase your video's reach and accessibility.