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Captions / Guide / 6-12 min

Caption Quality Bar: going from 80% to 99%

Raise caption accuracy and readability before export.

TL;DR

Take captions from “mostly right” to publish-ready by checking the words, timing, line breaks, placement, and phone readability.

Why it matters

Captions are often the first thing viewers read. One wrong name, ticker, number, or badly timed line can make a good clip feel careless.

What you will learn

Understand how to raise caption accuracy and readability before export.
Apply the idea to a real clip instead of only reading about it.
Use a self-check to decide whether the result is clear enough to submit.

Prerequisites

  • A clip with generated captions.
  • A way to edit caption text and timing before export.

What you need

The exported MP4, not only the editing timeline.
The target platform and publishing package.
A phone for sound-on and sound-off playback.
Permission to make one final correction pass.

Core concept

Use Caption Quality Bar: going from 80% to 99% to catch the issue named in the title, then keep the creative choices that make the clip feel alive.

Example

Scenario

A finished clip looks close, but one quality issue may hurt the viewer experience.

Move

Use Caption Quality Bar: going from 80% to 99% to inspect that issue directly on the exported file.

Result

The creator fixes what matters and avoids changing parts of the edit that already work.

How to do it

  1. 1Play the clip with sound on and correct wrong words, names, acronyms, numbers, and technical terms.
  2. 2Play it again with sound off. The captions should carry the meaning even without audio.
  3. 3Break long lines into one or two short lines. If you cannot read a line comfortably on your phone, shorten it.
  4. 4Check timing after every trim. Captions can drift when you cut, reframe, or replace the audio.
  5. 5Export and review on a phone with platform UI in mind so captions do not cover faces, products, or buttons.

Expected output

A clip-quality decision based on exported-file playback, not only timeline preview.

Practice task

Run a self-review for Caption Quality Bar: going from 80% to 99%

  1. 1Open one exported clip and focus only on the issue named in the lesson title.
  2. 2Make one small improvement and export again.
  3. 3Compare the before and after on a phone before deciding whether to submit.

Check your work

The exported clip is understandable without extra context.
The issue named in the lesson title has been checked directly.
The final choice improves quality without removing useful creative style.

Common mistakes and fixes

Assuming auto-captions are correct because they look polished.
Letting AI miss names, acronyms, tickers, protocols, or technical terms.
Using caption blocks that are too long to read on a phone.
Letting captions drift after trimming or reframing the clip.
Exporting before checking the final caption placement at mobile size.

Troubleshooting

If you find too many issues, fix the highest-impact one first: hook, captions, audio, crop, or platform package.
If a checklist item conflicts with a strong creative choice, keep the creative choice and verify phone playback.
If you are unsure, compare the exported clip to one strong platform-native example.