Captions, explained.
Step-by-step answers to the questions creators ask about captions and subtitles, for Reels, Shorts, YouTube and Indian languages.
- 5 min readHow to add captions to Instagram Reels
Three ways to add captions to Instagram Reels: Instagram's own captions, typing them yourself, or generating styled captions in your language before you upload.
- 5 min readHow to add Hindi subtitles to a video
Add Hindi subtitles to any video: generate them from the speech, choose Devanagari or Roman script, fix the words, and export burned-in subtitles or an SRT file.
- 6 min readHow to make an SRT file
What an SRT file is, how its timecodes work, and how to make one for your video: by hand in a text editor, or generated from the speech and corrected.
- 5 min readHow to upload subtitles to YouTube
Upload SRT or VTT subtitles to a YouTube video in YouTube Studio, add them in Hindi or another Indian language, and fix timing problems after upload.
- 5 min readHinglish captions: Devanagari, Roman or English?
How to caption Hinglish videos where Hindi and English share a sentence: when to use Devanagari, Roman script or English, and how to keep the mix accurate.
- 4 min readSRT vs VTT: which subtitle format to use
SRT and VTT compared: how the two subtitle formats differ, which platforms accept each, and which one to choose for YouTube, websites and video editors.
- 4 min readBurned-in captions vs closed captions
Burned-in (open) captions vs closed captions explained: how they differ, which platforms support each, and when to use them for Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
- 5 min readHow to make captions readable on Reels and Shorts
Practical caption design for Reels and Shorts: font size, contrast, line length, placement away from app buttons, and getting Indian scripts to render well.