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How to burn closed captions onto an audio file

February 21, 2020 | 2 minutes read

Overview

With CaseGuard Studio’ closed captions feature users can easily generate accurate and synchronized captions for their audio/video files. The closed captions tool uses the transcription of the file to burn the captions with the corresponding timings. The user can customize the caption options to adjust the:

Alignment
Font size
Font color
Background color
Background Opacity

One example of when to use the closed captioning feature would be on an audio recording of a traffic stop where there is a lot of background noise. Captions can be added to the audio in order to help follow along with what is being spoken.

Follow the steps to Burn Closed Captions on your media file!

Add your file to CaseGuard Studio.
Run AI Audio on the audio file.
At the bottom of the Transcription panel click the Burn Captions to File icon.
A Closed Captioning Options window will open and from here you can adjust the
- alignment
- font color
- font size
- background color
- background opacity of the captions
You also have the ability to add multiple sets of captions at once. So, if you have multiple people who need captions for your video and they all speak different languages, you can add them all at once.

Window for creating closed captions in CaseGuard 9.4

Click Add to add the captions to the audio file.
- You can review the captions by clicking the Closed Captioning icon from the toolbar on the left of the screen.

Now the Burn Captions to File task is added to the Tasks list.
click Export from the Task List Panel or the Export button from the Shortcuts Bar to export your file.
Open the new file and it will show the captions while the audio plays.