Check subtitles and save SRT or VTT files

Check the words and their timing

The Mac app links supported subtitles to the script. The script is the written text from your recording. Those subtitles can follow supported word corrections, cuts and timing changes.

Speech recognition can still miss words or choose the wrong spelling. Check names, numbers and special terms with sound on. Review the subtitles again after editing.

Check the finished edit

Watch your video with sound and subtitles showing.

1. Fix words that the script heard wrongly.
2. Play across each new speech cut.
3. Check that removed speech no longer appears in subtitles.
4. Check that the remaining words stay on screen long enough.
5. Check that subtitles do not cover useful screen details.
6. Fix any script or subtitle warning before saving the finished video.

Choose the right kind of file

Your MP4 can include the visible subtitles from your edit. SRT and VTT are separate text files with subtitle times. Some video players and websites can use these files beside a video.

Save the subtitle file from the same final edit as the MP4. If you later change cuts or timing, save both again. The Mac app offers subtitle and other file options.

The exact route may differ between beta builds.

If the words are out of time

First check that the video and subtitle file are a matching pair. An old MP4 with a new SRT file may look wrong. If the Mac preview is wrong too, find where the mismatch first begins.

Check the script timing near that point. Use Undo if a recent edit caused it. Note the time if you need to report the problem.

Correcting written words does not make new speech or replace your voice.