Having Captions is an important step in making your Powtoon accessible to all audiences.

Captions are primarily designed for viewers who can hear but may need additional assistance to understand the dialogue or audio in a video. This can include:

• People watching a video in a noisy environment  
• People watching a video in a language they are not fluent in
• People with auditory processing difficulties

Note: Only generate captions after your Powtoon is fully edited, with all audio and voice-overs added.

Watch and Learn

In this Article:

Generating Captions
Regenerating Captions
Editing Captions
Deleting Captions

Generating Captions

1. Click on the Captions tab on the right side of the studio.
   
2. Click Create captions.
3. Select Generate Captions with AI.
   
    
4. If you are finished editing, and all the audio and voice-over has been added, click Generate.
5. Select the language for your captions. The language you choose should be the same language of the audio.
   
6. The Captions will be generated, and appear when they are complete. This can take a few minutes, but you can continue editing your Powtoon while you wait.
   
   
   
   

Regenerating Captions

There are two ways to regenerate captions:
Regenerate All the Captions
Regenerate by Slide

 

Regenerate Captions at once

1. At the top of the captions screen, click the 3 vertical dots ( ).
2. Click Regenerate Captions
   
    
3. All the caption in your Powtoon will be regenerated.

Regenerate Caption by Slide

1. Navigate to the slide the contains captions you want to regenerate. In our example, we will regenerate the captions on slide 6.
2. Next to the slide, click on the 3 vertical dots ( ).
   
3. Click Regenerate captions on the slide.
   
4. The captions on the selected slide will be regenerated. 

Editing Captions

While AI captions are generally accurate, they may contain errors, so it's always a good idea to review and edit them for complete accuracy.

 

Editing captions happens in real time, so changes you make will be visible immediately on the slide.

Editing the Caption
Editing the Timing
Adding a Caption

Editing the Caption

In the example below, the AI generated captions, and called our character John, instead of Jon. We will manually edit the caption to fix that.

1. Locate the slide you want to edit, and select the text. 
   
2. Any edit that you make will be automatically updated on-screen, in real time.
   

Editing the Timing

In the example below, we will change the caption time from 00:00:00 - 00:07:00, and have the caption appear on second later 00:01:00 - 00:07:00

1. Locate the slide you want to edit, and select the text. 
   
2. Change the time as needed.
   

Adding a Caption

Method 1 - Add Caption button

1. Hover your mouse at the bottom of the slide, until the Add Caption button appears.
2. Click Add Caption.
   

Method 2 - Control + Enter

1. Locate the slide you want to edit, and select the text. 
2. Press Control + Enter
3. A new caption will appear

Deleting Captions

There are two ways to regenerate captions:
Deleting all the captions

Deleting captions by slide

Deleting all the captions

1. At the top of the captions screen, click the 3 vertical dots ( ).
2. Click Delete all captions.
   
3. All the caption in your Powtoon will be deleted.

Delete Captions be Slide

1. Navigate to the slide the contains captions you want to delete. In our example, we will delete the captions on slide 6.
2. Next to the slide, click on the 3 vertical dots ( ).
   
3. Click Delete captions on the slide.
   
4. The captions on the selected slide will be deleted. 

Congratulations on mastering the art of caption creation and editing! Want to learn more? Check out these additional Captions Articles:

 

Exporting Captions