Closed Captions (CC): Captions that can be toggled on/off in the video player but are not customizable.
Captions that viewers can turn on/off in the video player.
Not customizable in terms of style or placement.
Can be downloaded as SRT/VTT files for external use. Check out the Synthesia Documentation to learn more about downloading Closed Caption files.
Burned-in Captions: Non-customizable captions that are permanently embedded in the video.
Permanently embedded in the video and cannot be turned off.
Not customizable.
To learn more about Burned-in Captions, check out the How do I Burn-in Captions? article.
Dynamic Captions: Fully customizable captions that sync with your script and can be styled, resized, and positioned anywhere in the video.
Fully customizable captions that sync with your script.
You can change fonts, colors, sizes, and animations.
They can be moved and resized like any other video element.
To learn more, check out the How do I use dynamic captions? article.
Notes:
Captions can only appear in the same language of the script
Check out our documentation page to find a list of languages closed captions are available in.