Alt text is not a caption track
Alt text describes a still or post. Speech captions transcribe audio. Do not paste one into the other.
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Captions on carousel covers are a still
The first carousel frame is a poster. Burn a line into that still. Do not ship a timed track nobody plays.
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Stories captions sit higher than Reels
Story chrome (reply bar, stickers) eats the bottom. Place type higher than you would on Reels.
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Chapters are not a caption track
YouTube chapters are description timestamps. Burned-in lines are pixels. They are different objects.
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Put the hook on screen before the SKU
Spend the first second on the spoken line, not the logo. Burn the claim, then show the pack.
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A transcript is not an SRT
Plain text has no timestamps. An SRT is cues. Burn-in is pixels. Transcribe, then caption — different jobs.
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Check a video before you publish it
Before you upload: confirm ratio, safe-area, captions, AI label, and SKU spelling on the finished file. The generate is not the check.
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Pinterest video is not Reels chrome
Idea Pin safe-area is not TikTok’s caption zone. Recrop the type. A 9:16 Reel master is not a Pinterest-native video pin.
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Silent generate, then TTS, then captions
Kling Turbo (12cr, silent), then Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (4cr), then burn-in. Native audio is wasted when the line must be exact.
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A UGC brief is shots, not a vibe
A UGC brief is shots, not a vibe: hook line, SKU still, usage-rights window, caption style, and AI-label.
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Captions after Movie mode, not in the prompt
Finish the multi-scene film first. Then transcribe and burn captions. Scene prompts are a bad typesetter.
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Dub first, then caption the new language
Captions transcribe 165 spoken-language codes. They do not translate. Dub the locked master, then caption the dubbed track.
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6 apps instead of a junior video editor
CapCut, DaVinci, Opus Clip, VEED, Versely, and Premiere cover junior-editor weeks: cuts, captions, shorts. Pick by footage, not a seat.
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6 apps instead of a Reels copywriter
Claude, ChatGPT, Jasper, Captions.ai, Versely, and Submagic cover Reels copy: hooks, scripts, on-screen type. Pick by words, not a seat.
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A script timer is not captions
A script timer estimates spoken duration from word count. It does not transcribe, time cues, or burn captions into a video.
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AI video editor like CapCut
An AI video editor like CapCut is a timeline. Generate, caption, and publish is a different job. Do not buy one for the other.
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Brand kits are the new style guide
A saved kit is injected into generations so hex, type, logo and tone survive a hurried prompt. A PDF style guide does not.
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Multilingual-first publishing in 2026
Ship the language set with the first cut: Seedance lip-sync in 8+, 165 caption codes, Octave 2 as an explainer Versely does not sell.
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Burn captions before you schedule
Schedulers will happily post a silent master. Burn captions in the edit, not as a wish in the caption box.
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Caption presets vs VEED styles
Versely caption families and VEED styles solve the same mute-feed problem with different libraries. Pick by burn control, not by screenshot envy.
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Forced narrative vs SDH vs CC
Forced narrative, SDH, and CC are three caption jobs. Mixing them is how you ship the wrong file to a platform.
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Lipsync after caption timing
Time captions to the final audio after lipsync. Captioning a pre-lipsync scratch track guarantees drift.
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Preview before full caption burn
Use the cheap preview path before you pay for a full caption style burn on a long master.
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Safe area for TikTok captions
TikTok UI eats the bottom and sides. Caption safe area is not optional if the line is the hook.
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