videolab

Likely getting $125 in leaderboard rewards this week, and I want to pay it forward to supporting creators.

I noticed many videos here don’t have captions. It’s a small edit that makes a big difference for viewers.

Captioning apps on mobile are convenient, but they aren’t free. So I’m thinking I’d like to sponsor a few creators’ caption app subscriptions.

Two questions:

- What are the best mobile apps for captions you’re using?
- What’s a fair way to pick who gets it? (I’m thinking: people who’ve already casted at least one video for Farcaster that isn’t recycled from existing social media, with demonstrated intent to create more.)

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

CapCut for sure, it has an auto CC feature that creates the captions with the timings for you, that you can then edit pretty easily.

mostly food & travel, sometimes my thoughts

Monteverde, Puntarenas Province, Monteverde, Costa Rica

I always thought CapCut was free but trying it this weekend I realized there are costs to unlock premium features (including captions).

Appreciating now all the small investments even casual video creators have to make to get started.

Ah no, just CapCut for that reason of being an all-in-one app

Have you tried any other competing apps to compare?

I tried “Captions” app on a recent video where I show my Roald Dahl books. But they only do captions. I know CapCut’s popular because it’s such an all in one app to edit, add music, etc.