Creating Closed Captions

You can use ScreenFlow's caption editor to add, edit, and publish ADA-compliant soft subtitles as caption tracks to a project (Figure 39). Closed captions are not included by default when you create a new project—you need to enable them if you need them.

You can include captions in the screencast when you export the project as an MPEG-4 movie (suitable for playback in iPhone & iPad, for example) and when you publish YouTube videos. Caption tracks can be created in multiple languages. You can also export captions as an SRT subtitle file.

Note: To view closed captions in a movie player, you must enable closed caption viewing. Enabling closed caption viewing in players is beyond the scope of this guide.

Figure 39. Screencast with Closed Captions

Closed caption text is rendered on-screen in white, sans-serif type, centered at the bottom of the screen.

Displaying and Previewing Closed Captions

Adjusting Video to Accommodate Caption Text

Adding and Configuring Closed Captions

Generating Closed Captions

Importing and Exporting Closed Captions as SRT Subtitles