Captions and transcripts
Turn on captions, change their language and style, translate them, and read, search, copy or download the transcript.
Vidler writes captions and a transcript for every video with speech once it finishes processing. Viewers can read along, search what was said and jump to any line.
Turn captions on
Click the captions button in the player, or press A. To pick a language, open the player's Settings menu and choose Captions. The spoken language is marked "(spoken)". Translations the owner or other viewers made appear in the same list.
The owner can make captions show by default with Captions on by default in the video's Settings tab.
Change how captions look
In the player's Settings menu, open Caption style:
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Text size | Small, Medium, Large or Extra large |
| Background | Translucent box, Solid black or None (outlined text) |
| Position | Bottom or Top. You can also drag the captions to another spot |
Your choices apply to every video you watch in this browser.
Translate captions
Choose Translate captions… in the Captions menu, or click the translate button in the Transcript tab. Pick a language and Vidler AI translates the captions. When it's ready, the language appears in the captions list and the transcript. Viewers can translate when Vidler AI is on for the workspace and the owner shows the transcript.
When a video has a translation, Listen in under the video reads the translated captions aloud with your device's voice, in time with the video.
Read the transcript
Open the Transcript tab in the side panel.
- Click a line to jump to that moment.
- Type in Search transcript to find words. Use the arrows to move between matches.
- Turn on Follow along to keep the current line in view as the video plays.
- Click the copy button to copy the whole transcript.
- Use the download button to save it as text, text with timestamps, Markdown, subtitles (.srt), web captions (.vtt) or JSON with word timings.
Downloads follow the video's download setting. See Download a video.
Who sees the transcript
Everyone who can watch a video can read its transcript, however the video reached them: the link, an invite, a group or a space, anyone at a company's domain, someone in another workspace, a shared folder, a playlist or a reply to a request. Embedded videos have captions, and their title opens the video's page with the transcript. Copies, moves, clips and edits keep the transcript, lined up with the new video.
- Transcript off hides the Transcript tab, copying, transcript files and search matches from viewers. Captions stay available, because people rely on them to follow the video. People who can edit the video still see everything.
- Downloads off stops the files (text, Markdown, .srt, .vtt and JSON). The Transcript tab stays.
- A password or Email before watching holds back the video, its captions and its transcript until it's passed.
For owners
- Turn Transcript off in Link settings or the Settings tab to hide the transcript from viewers. Captions stay available.
- Click Correct transcript in the Transcript tab to fix words. Captions follow your corrections.
- Click Spoken language if Vidler picked the wrong language. Vidler transcribes the video again.