Caption This

Add closed-captions to videos for Instagram stories

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Add closed-captions to videos for Instagram stories

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Instagram stories now has 500M daily active users. But many viewers skip stories if they can’t turn up their phone’s volume 🔊Caption This solves this problem by creating videos with live closed-captions. Just record a video or load it from your camera roll, and Caption This will add captions that are perfectly synced to your speech. 🎉

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Looks like a great way to streamline the content creation process! Would be curious to know how accurate the transcription is? Is it built on an off-the-shelf NLC model?

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7yr ago

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@lachlankirkwood the transcript quality is great! It uses the built-in speech recognition system on iOS so the results are the same as what you get from Siri or dictation from the keyboard. Also, if there are errors in the transcription you have a chance to edit them before saving your captions.

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7yr ago

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@jonbrennecke Sounds great!

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7yr ago

Nice to see this here @jonbrennecke I see you from your notes that you added landscape - portrait would be good too with the increase in vertical video. I would love to see an Android version and also the option to let people test the app before they invest so that they can see how it works. It seems that it auto captions videos that you can edit - is that correct? What about video where there is no audio, can you also add a voiceover or manually add captions to pre-recorded content? Exporting the SRT file of captions would be helpful too for accompanying the post. I have added you to my curations - looking forward to seeing how you further develop the app.

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7yr ago

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@krishnade Thanks Krishna! Wow these are all great ideas. Thanks for the feedback! Portrait and landscape are both supported right now. In another update coming soon I'll be adding support for cropping to other ratios (like 5x4, 4x3 and square). It doesn't currently support videos with no audio. However I've had a few people request that feature, so I will definitely be looking into adding that!

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7yr ago

@jonbrennecke You are very welcome. BTW if you are looking for beta testers please do count me in as I'd love to take a look at the app and provide input as I teach mobile marketing and content creation to media, marketing and comms professionals and would like to evaluate it as a resource to be included in my workshop materials.

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7yr ago

@jonbrennecke Yes I loved the idea of using this tool although I agree with some who mentioned above about small words being hard to tap. It's been to the point where I have to decide to leave it as an error which is frustrating. Also, I wish there was a way to store the edited videos after download. I say this because after spending 45 mins editing the video(which can sometimes be daunting on a small screen), I couldn't see the background till I downloaded it (for some reason?) and did not love the look. So I was left to decide if I use something I did not love or spend another 45 mins fixing the issue. At that point I will probably post it without the captions. I don't think there is an option for this yet so just want to send along some feedback. If there is please let me know!

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6yr ago

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@kelly_savoca Thanks for the detailed feedback! I'll see what I can do about that... I have a couple improvements in the works, specifically for the text editing screen (which I agree is really difficult to use). A couple people have mentioned the missing background issue. I'll look into fixing that ASAP! Do you mind if I ask what model of iPhone you're using?

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6yr ago

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Hi Product Hunt! ✌️ I’m Jon, the creator of Caption This. Caption This is a iOS app I built while on vacation over Christmas. Caption This helps Instagram influencers boost engagement with their stories by adding closed captions to their videos. Often times, viewers skip stories if they can’t turn up their phone’s volume — if they’re in a public space or don’t have their headphones. Caption This is the solution to this problem. 🔥🔥🔥 🛠 Key Features: - Load videos from your camera roll, or shoot videos in the app - Custom styles for text: choose from a list of great fonts, and pick a custom background color (or no color at all) - Support for portrait & landscape videos Caption This is built with React Native and it's 100% open source (see the Github link in the social links section)

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7yr ago

@jonbrennecke if ReactNative, why no Android version?

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7yr ago

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@_dwite_ great question! It is React Native, but it's only about 2/3 Javascript. The rest is native swift and Objective C. Most of that code is for the captions and transcriptions, which depends on the native iOS speech recognition API. Android has a similar speech API, but I haven't had made a react native bridge for it yet. That's definitely in the long-term plan though!

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7yr ago

Love it! It really increases engagement, especially for Instagram stories!

Pros:

Easy to use! Record videos in the app or upload. It auto-adds captions that you can easily edit/style. Also supports landscape vids!

Cons:

It’s only on iOS right now, needs an android version :)

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7yr ago

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Thanks for the review! An Android version will hopefully be coming soon! The app is built with React Native so a cross-platform app is definitely something I have in mid.

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7yr ago

Okay is the andriod version up https://imusttalk.com

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7yr ago

I wish there was more built-in support for this app. I’m trying to caption some videos from my camera roll, and every time the screen says “100%, finishing up”, it kicks me back to the camera roll, with no captioned video. How do I fix this?

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6yr ago

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Nice work, Jon! I love how this can help watchers experience stores better. This is a great idea & I hope it is used in more scenarios than just this.

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7yr ago

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@3raxton Thanks for the support! I launched this app with Instagram in mind, but I've already seen several people using it on LinkedIn, and a few on twitter. 🤷‍♂️From their feedback, I added support for landscape videos. There's a couple other features in the works that will make Caption This an even better tool for people on all platforms!

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7yr ago

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