Video editor transcription, captions, and text-on-video FAQ 2026

About this FAQ

A reference FAQ for video editor questions — built-in transcription, text overlays, captions, animations. Cmd-F / Ctrl-F to find your editor.

Filmora and Wondershare questions

How do I use Filmora speech to text?

"Filmora speech to text" / "wondershare filmora speech to text" / "filmora audio to text" — right-click clip → Speech to Text. Pick language. Filmora supports ~16 languages. Captions appear as a track on the timeline.

What is Filmora text animation?

"Filmora text animation" / "wondershare filmora text animation" / "text animation in filmora" — Filmora has hundreds of preset title styles with built-in animations in the Titles tab. Drag onto timeline, customise in inspector.

How do I add scrolling text in Filmora?

"Filmora scrolling text" / "scrolling text in filmora" / "filmora moving text" — use the scrolling-text title preset from the Titles tab. Animation built in; customise speed and direction in the inspector.

What is text in Filmora?

"Text in filmora" / "wondershare filmora text" / "filmora text" — Titles tab in the left panel. Drag any title onto the timeline; customise font, size, color, animation in the inspector.

Veed.io questions

How do I use Veed MP3 to text?

"Veed mp3 to text" / "veed video to text" / "veed io transcribe" — upload MP3 or video to Veed, click Subtitles tab → Auto Subtitles → pick language → Generate. Captions appear as a track.

How do I use Veed text to video?

"Veed text to video" / "veed io text to video" — separate AI text-to-video feature. Type a prompt or paste a script; Veed generates a short video with stock footage and AI voice over.

Kapwing questions

How do I use Kapwing text to video?

"Kapwing text to video" — usually means auto-captions from spoken video; Subtitles tab → Auto Subtitles. For AI text-to-video generation, Kapwing has a separate AI feature.

How do I add text on video / writing text on video / putting text on video?

"Text on video" / "putting text on video" / "writing text on video" / "text over video" / "adding text to video" / "adding text to video online" — any video editor (Kapwing, Veed, Filmora, CapCut, Premiere, Final Cut) handles this. Text tool, drag onto timeline, customise.

How do I add text to video on iPhone?

"Adding text to video iphone" / "adding text to iphone video" — iPhone Photos app has a basic markup tool with text. For more control, iMovie (free, Apple) or CapCut (free, ByteDance). For browser-based, Kapwing on Safari mobile.

DaVinci Resolve questions

How do I use Text+ in DaVinci Resolve?

"Text+ davinci resolve" — Text+ is the advanced text engine in the Fusion page. Drag a Text+ node onto the composition; use the inspector for character-by-character animation, 3D extrusions, procedural text generation.

How do I transcribe in DaVinci Resolve?

DaVinci has built-in Speech to Text since v18.5 — Audio page or right-click clip. Free in both free and Studio versions.

Final Cut Pro questions

What is text on Final Cut Pro?

"Text on final cut pro" / "final cut pro text" — Titles tab in the browser (T key). Drag any title onto the timeline; customise.

What is Final Cut Pro text animation?

"Final cut pro text animation" — built-in Build In/Out animations in the inspector. For deeper animation, send title to Apple Motion (free with FCP or $49 standalone).

How do I transcribe in Final Cut Pro?

Live Captions feature in v10.7+ — Edit → Captions → Transcribe to Captions. On-device, Apple Speech engine.

OpenShot questions

What is text in OpenShot?

"Text in openshot" — Title menu → New Title. Several preset templates with customisable fonts and colors. Less feature-rich than DaVinci or Final Cut.

Adobe Premiere questions

How do I use Premiere Pro speech to text?

"Premiere pro speech to text" / "premiere speech to text" / "speech to text for premiere pro" / "adobe speech to text for premiere" / "speech to text adobe" — built-in Speech to Text in the Text panel. Window → Text → Transcript tab → Transcribe.

How do I add text in video in Premiere Pro?

"Text in video premiere pro" / "premiere pro adding text" / "adobe premiere pro adding text" / "text tool adobe premiere" — Type tool (T key) for new text; Essential Graphics panel for advanced styling and animation.

What is Adobe Audition speech to text?

"Adobe audition speech to text" — Audition does not have a built-in STT feature; Adobe recommends bringing audio into Premiere for transcription, or using third-party.

Closing: built-in transcription is now table stakes