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Captions, and editing by text.

Shotbox transcribes on your Mac and times captions to the word. Delete words from the transcript and they’re cut from the video.

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On-device, always

Speech recognition is pinned to this Mac. If no offline model is installed, Shotbox tells you rather than quietly uploading your audio.

Seventeen styles

Karaoke, highlight, boxed, bold, neon and more, with separate entrances and per-word emphasis, plus your brand’s look. Show a whole phrase, or a few words at a time for short-form.

Cut by deleting text

Select words and press Delete. Cut words stay visible, struck through, and Restore puts them back.

Everything in Captions & transcript

45 tools, styles and options, all included.

Caption styles

17

Pick one, then adjust size, height, backing, uppercase and outline.

turns a week of reports into one
Karaoke
The spoken word recoloured
turns a week of reports into one
Clean
Plain white with a light outline
turns a week of reports into one
Bold
Yellow uppercase, heavy outline
turns a week of reports into one
Boxed
Dark rounded plate behind the text
turns a week of reports into one
Typewriter
Revealed character by character
turns a week of reports into one
Highlight
A coloured panel travels word by word
turns a week of reports into one
Neon
Coloured glow, no outline
turns a week of reports into one
Drop shadow
Hard offset shadow
turns a week of reports into one
Underline
A bar under the spoken word
turns a week of reports into one
Bubble
White plate, dark text
turns a week of reports into one
Ticker
Small tracked uppercase on a bar
turns a week of reports into one
Impact
Very large yellow, heavy outline and shadow
turns a week of reports into one
Whisper
Small, soft, semi-transparent
turns a week of reports into one
Slide
Rises into place
turns a week of reports into one
Retro
Cream on brown, offset warm shadow
turns a week of reports into one
Subtle bar
Dark plate, spoken word in blue
turns a week of reports into one
Brand
Your font, the spoken word in your colour (with a brand kit)

Captions that hold up

Quiet speech is levelled before recognition so words aren’t dropped. Lines wrap by their real width, captions size to the frame, and you drag them where you want them.

  • Edit cue text and timings in a table
  • Same proportions on 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16
  • Export the edit’s captions as .srt
Recognition
WhereOn this Mac only
Quiet speechLevelled first, up to +32 dB
Long recordingsIn 45-second chunks
TracksEvery audio track is mixed in

Entrances

5
None
The cue appears and holds
Pop in
Scales up from 80%
Typewriter
Revealed character by character
Slide up
Rises and fades in
Fade in
Fades in gently

Spoken word emphasis

4

Combines freely with any entrance.

a week of reports
None
No per-word emphasis
a week of reports
Recolour
The word changes colour
a week of reports
Box
A filled panel sits behind the word
a week of reports
Underline
A bar is drawn under the word

Chapters from what you said

Suggest finds where the talk moves on and names each chapter on your Mac. Copy for YouTube gives you the list ready to paste into the video’s description.

  • Cuts land in the quietest moment between words
  • Captions drop words you cut
  • Chapters move with their content when you trim
Shortcuts
⇧STranscript
⇧MChapters
MChapter here
DeleteCut selected words
TRANSCRIPT

Hi, I'm going to show you how the new dashboard actually, let me start again. The new dashboard turns a week of reports into one screen.

Let's start at the top, with the revenue chart. Click it to see every plan.

DeleteKeep only thisRestore

Editing by transcript

7

The transcript sits beside the picture it edits.

Cut wordsDelete
Select and press Delete
Keep only this
Cut everything but the selection
Restore
Cut words stay struck through; put them back
Jump to a word
Click it to move the playhead
Follow along
The word being spoken is highlighted
Clean cuts
Cuts land in the quietest moment, never mid-word
Show transcript⇧S
Toggle the panel

Fine-tuning captions

6
Edit captions…
A table of cues: text, timings, split, merge, add, delete
Drag to place
Anywhere in the frame; ⌘ for an exact spot
Fits any canvas
Same proportions on 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16
Quiet speech
Levelled before recognition so words aren’t lost
Every audio track
Commentary on a second track is transcribed too
Export .srt
The finished edit’s captions, without cut words
CHAPTERS
0:00Intro
0:42The new dashboard
1:58Weekly reports
3:10Sharing with your team
Copy for YouTube

YouTube chapters

6
Add a chapterM
At the playhead, or on a word in the transcript
Suggest…
Finds where the talk moves on and titles each chapter, on your Mac
Copy for YouTube
The list, formatted to paste into the description
YouTube’s rules
A first chapter at 0:00 is handled; other problems are named
Moves with the cut
Chapters stay with their content when you trim
Chapters panel⇧M
Toggle it
⌘

For software teams

Captioned videos for social feeds, where most people watch with the sound off.

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For client work

Fix a fluffed line by deleting it from the text, without another recording session.

Works well with
Studio editorMulti-track timeline, titles, transitionsLearn more →Brand kitLogo, colours and font for every clientLearn more →ExportMP4, HEVC, ProRes or GIF, 16:9 to 9:16Learn more →
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