Have you ever had a situation where you watched an Instagram Story, couldn’t listen to it, but you really wanted to know what the video is about? Well, Instagram has decided to allow you to watch videos in complete silence. Of course, this is not a Speech-to-text or something similar, and it depends only on the author’s wishes – whether he wants to write captions in his posts or not. However, this format makes the work of bloggers much easier as they can attract more people’s attention. People who don’t feel comfortable listening to posts or don’t like long speeches can now simply read the author’s main message in his video.
Although, if you want to make a headline in your Story, you may also face country restrictions. Here you will find answers on how to make headlines in Instagram Stories not only on mobile devices, but also on PCs or laptops.
How to create captions in Instagram Stories on iOS
So you are going to add text to your Storybook. Note that the headers here work on the principle of speech recognition. This means that the system recognizes your voice in the video recording and can prepare the text. Of course, you can still edit it. In addition, this feature is available for both previously recorded videos and videos made by you via Instagram.
Here’s how to do it:
- Open the Instagram app on your iPhone
- Tap the Your Story balloon in the upper left corner or swipe left on the home page
- Record a video or upload it from the gallery
- Tap the sticker icon in the top menu
- Select Subtitles from the list of options
- Decide on the text format
- Edit the text format as you like
- Select Done in the upper right corner.
- Tap the Your Story tab in the lower left corner to post your photo
How to create captions for Instagram Stories on Android
Also note that in addition to being available on Android, it only works with the English version of the app . Here’s how to insert captions on Android:
- Launch the Instagram app on your Android device
- Go to your profile picture in the top left corner or swipe to the left side of the screen
- Record a movie or upload a previously recorded movie
- Go to the top menu and tap the sticker icon
- Choose subtitles
- Choose the font, color, size, and location for your captions
- Go to Done in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Publish your story by tapping the Your Story tab
If you didn’t find the button for adding captions among stickers, don’t worry, maybe Instagram will add this feature to other languages ​​in the future. For now, you can use regular adding text. Here is a quick guide:
- Open your story in the Instagram app
- Upload a video or make a video for use
- Tap the Aa button in the top menu
- Manually enter what you said in the video
- Choose the text font, color, size, alignment, transition, etc.
- Tap the Done button in the upper right corner and the Next button
- Post your story
Can I create captions for Instagram Stories with a computer?
Since it is not possible to post Instagram Stories via computer, there is no need to mention the captions. However, there is an alternative option. You can do this with a third-party app, however, before you can publish your video, you need to add captions to it first. It is most convenient to do this through the Google Drive service.
Upload the movie to your Google Drive first, and then add the captions in SRT format as a separate file there as well. Then follow the steps below:
- Open Google Drive in your browser
- Find the video you just uploaded and right-click it
- Select Manage Caption Tracks from the drop-down menu .
- Click the Add New Caption Tracks button on the right side of the video
- In the new window, go to the Upload tab
- Drag the file into the window or click the Select file from device button
- Find the SRT file and select Open
- Select a subtitle language
- Enter a title for the subtitle track
- Select Submit
After you’ve added captions to your movie, the next step is to download it to your computer. Once that’s done, follow the steps below to post it to Instagram Stories:
- Open Google Chrome or other preferred browser on your computer.
- Press the Ctrl + Shift + J keys simultaneously. This will open the Developer Console window on the left side of the browser.
- Go to the phone icon on the top toolbar. It should be on the left side of the Items tab
- Select the Dimensions: Responsive tab . When you do this, your screen will be minimized, resembling a phone
- refresh the page
- Switch to Instagram
- Click on the speech bubble with a description of the story
- Upload a movie from your computer
- Edit the video as you like
- Post your story on Instagram
Although this method is more complicated, it gives you the option to publish videos even when you don’t have a mobile device or if you want to put captions in a different language.
