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5.  Captions

StudioLive

# Captions

Your words appear as you say them, written on your Mac, nothing uploaded. Seven caption looks and five fonts.

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![Captions in Clacky](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-captions-light.webp)

## What it is

Turn on Captions in Studio and your words appear as you say them, the spoken one highlighted. The words are written on your Mac and nothing is uploaded.

Pick one of seven caption looks (Clacky, Bold pop, Pill, Karaoke, Outline, Subtle and Clean) and one of five fonts. If you click right under a caption, that line moves to the top so it never covers what you’re showing.

## How to use it

1.  1
    
    Open your recording in Studio
    
    Click Edit in Studio in the recording preview, or Edit a Video in Studio.
    
2.  2
    
    Turn on Captions
    
    In the Edit tab, switch on Captions. Studio transcribes the recording on your Mac.
    
3.  3
    
    Pick a look
    
    Open the Look tab and choose a caption look and a font. The preview shows it right away.
    
4.  4
    
    Export
    
    Click Export…. Turn on Also save captions as .srt if you want a subtitle file too.
    

## Tips

-   Under More, Captions at chooses Auto, Bottom or Top.
-   Words Studio keeps mishearing? Add them to the words to recognize under More.

## Questions

Are my words uploaded to make captions?

No. Transcription happens on your Mac and nothing leaves it.

Can I get a subtitle file?

Yes. Turn on Also save captions as .srt when you export.

Related features

-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-transcript-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-transcript-dark.webp)
    
    [Edit by transcript](https://clacky.app/features/transcript-editing/)
    
    Select words in the transcript and press Delete: they’re cut from the video with a soft fade. Click a struck word to bring it back.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-look-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-look-dark.webp)
    
    [Look and 3D angle](https://clacky.app/features/studio-look/)
    
    Float your recording on a wallpaper, a colour, your own image or a blur, then tilt it in 3D: it leans in as a zoom starts.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-editor-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-editor-dark.webp)
    
    [Auto edit](https://clacky.app/features/auto-edit/)
    
    Studio cuts the quiet between your sentences, zooms in on every burst of clicks and speeds up the waiting. Click a cut to bring it back.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-vertical-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/studio-vertical-dark.webp)
    
    [9:16, 4:5, 16:9 and 1:1](https://clacky.app/features/vertical/)
    
    Tall 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok with the camera following your pointer, 4:5 for the Instagram and Threads feed, wide for X and YouTube, square too. Safe zones show where the app buttons go.
    

[Everything in Studio →](https://clacky.app/features/#studio)

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