Step Captions — Add Timed Text to a Video, Free

Load one clip, drop text cards on the timeline exactly where you want them, and burn them in — vertical or widescreen, all in your browser. No upload, no watermark.

Open Step Captions
  • Timeline caption placement
  • 9:16 & 16:9 export
  • Bold, lower-third & step-chip styles
  • No upload, no watermark

What you can make with Step Captions

For creators adding step-by-step text, titles, and lower-thirds to short voiceless demos and tutorials — precise per-segment timing, no transcription, no account.

Step Captions is a focused captioner for one short clip. You load a video, then place text cards on a visual timeline: each card covers the exact segment you choose, so a caption can introduce a step, label a result, or count progress with a "1/5" chip. Drag a card's edges to set its start and end, drag it to move it, and type its text inline — a live canvas preview shows the styled captions over your footage as you scrub. Three short-form-native presets (bold centered pop, clean lower-third, step-counter chip) stay inside the 9:16 safe area. When it's ready, the captions are burned into a real MP4 or WebM at 9:16 or 16:9, encoded entirely in your browser with FFmpeg.wasm — no upload, no account, no watermark. It's tuned for 60–120 second clips, the sweet spot for tutorial and demo videos.

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