Karaoke captions Each word lights up the moment it is said.

Karaoke captions show the whole phrase and mark each word as it is spoken, so the eye follows the voice. In Sweep, color sweeps across every word. Karaoke Neon does it in cyan with a glow, Hollow Fill starts with outlined letters that fill in, and Lyric uses an italic serif with a pink sweep for a music video feel.

Use it on my video Best for: Lessons, explanations, longer sentences and anything set to music

11 styles · This preview was recorded with the same renderer that burns captions into your clip, so what you see is what you get.

Sweep Colour sweeps across each word as it is said

Karaoke Rise Green sweep with the phrase rising into place

Karaoke Neon Cyan sweep with a neon glow

Underline A line grows under each word as it is said

Pill Glide A rounded pill running behind the words

Deep Read Light card, spoken words darken like reading

Hollow Fill Outlined words that fill in as they are said

Box Trail Each spoken word gets a box that stays

Lyric Music-video feel: italic serif with a pink sweep

Bounce Each word bounces when it is said

Spotlight Only the spoken word is sharp, the rest blur

Specs of every style

Font, size, words per line, outline and entrance animation of every style in this category, read from the same style that burns the captions into your clip.

Style	Font	Size	Words per line	Outline	All caps	Entrance
Sweep	Poppins Black (900)	86 px	3, up to 2 lines	7 px	Yes	None
Karaoke Rise	Rubik Black (900)	90 px	3, up to 2 lines	8 px	Yes	None
Karaoke Neon	Poppins Bold (700)	84 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Underline	DM Sans Bold (700)	82 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Pill Glide	Poppins Black (900)	84 px	3, up to 2 lines	6 px	Yes	None
Deep Read	Inter Bold (700)	76 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Hollow Fill	Anton Bold (700)	104 px	3, up to 2 lines	4 px	Yes	None
Box Trail	Montserrat Black (900)	84 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Lyric	Instrument Serif	104 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Bounce	Poppins Black (900)	86 px	3, up to 2 lines	7 px	Yes	None
Spotlight	Poppins Black (900)	88 px	3, up to 2 lines	6 px	Yes	None

Step by step

How to apply a style to your clip

How to choose and save a caption style In the Download clip window, open Captions in the right menu. On the Styles tab, filter by category or search and click a style: the caption shows up in the preview. After adjusting the font and effects, Save caption style keeps everything under a name, and Use as default applies that style automatically to your next clips. See the steps → How to customize the clip captions With a style chosen in Captions, use the Font tab to change the font, size, weight, colors, outline, shadow and line breaks, and the Effects tab for position, caption backdrop, keywords and word styles. Drag the caption in the preview to move it. See the steps → How to use your brand's font in captions Inside a video, open Library in the menu, go to Fonts and click Add font to upload a TTF or OTF file. The font stays saved in your account and shows up in every caption font picker, in the Your Fonts group. Only use fonts you're licensed to use. See the steps →

Terms worth knowing

Animated captions Captions that light up, change color or appear word by word at the exact moment each word is spoken. Burned-in captions Captions rendered into the video image itself: they show in every player and the viewer cannot turn them off. Safe zone The part of a vertical video the app interface does not cover, where captions and text stay visible. Characters per second (CPS) A caption's reading speed: how many characters the viewer has to read for every second it stays on screen.

Frequently asked questions

How do karaoke captions stay in sync?

We transcribe every word with its own start and end time, so the highlight moves exactly when the word is said. There is no manual timing to do, and if you fix a word in the transcript, the captions follow.

Karaoke or word-by-word captions, which should I use?

They overlap. Karaoke keeps the full phrase on screen and colors the spoken word, which helps with longer sentences. Word-by-word styles can also make the current word bounce, lift in a box or sharpen while the rest blurs. Our word by word page compares six of them.

Pick a style. We handle the timing. Every word synced to the speech.

Upload a video or paste a YouTube link. We transcribe every word with its timing, you choose the look, and the clip comes out captioned.

Try it on my video

See the result on your own recording before adding a card.