auto-caption

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Automatically transcribes all video/audio clips and adds styled text overlays (captions) to the timeline.

openvideodev By openvideodev schedule Updated 5/29/2026

name: auto-caption description: Automatically transcribes all video/audio clips and adds styled text overlays (captions) to the timeline.

auto-caption

Overview

This skill automates the process of adding accessibility captions to a video. It uses speech-to-text to find timecodes and generates text clips.

Instructions

Use this skill when the user asks for "subtitles", "captions", "transcription", or "text for what is said".

Implementation Details

If you use this skill via a skill step:

  1. The backend will scan all audio/video clips.
  2. It will generate a transcription job.
  3. It will add a sequence of Caption clips to a new "Captions" track.

When to use

  • Improving accessibility.
  • Creating "viral" styled captions.
  • When the user says "add subtitles".
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/openvideodev/openvideo --skill auto-caption
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