Auto captions get most words right. The ones they miss tend to be names, brand terms, and technical vocabulary. The caption editor in the dashboard lets you fix these line by line.
Steps
- Open the video from your library at /dashboard.
- Click Captions. The editor opens with the auto-generated track.
- Click any line to edit the text. Press Enter to confirm.
- Drag the timing handles if a line starts too early or too late.
- Save. The new captions are live on the share page and in embeds within seconds.
Common edits
- Fix proper names that the auto-transcription missed.
- Add bracketed non-speech notes such as
[laughter],[door slams],[music]. These are part of accessible captions. - Split or merge lines that are too long or too short.
- Adjust timing to match the speaker's cadence.
Importing your own captions
If you have a WebVTT file you produced in another tool, you can replace the auto-generated track. Click Replace track and upload the .vtt file. The dashboard validates timestamps and rejects invalid files.
Multiple language tracks
VideoPlayer.ai stores one caption track per video during beta. If you need multiple languages, plan to add them as separate uploads or wait for multi-track support in a later release.
Exporting
Click Download in the caption panel to save the current track as .vtt. Use this to back up edits or to feed the captions into another platform.