How to Add Captions to Your Instagram Story
Adding captions to your stories is one of those things you should be doing on Instagram. Here’s how to add captions next time you make a story.
Create a Story in the Instagram app. The icon is your profile picture and a plus sign. You can only add captions to stories that contain speech. Tap the Stickers icon. It’s located in the options tray. Choose Captions. Instagram will automatically transcribe the speech in your video. Tap the transcript. Use the color picker, located at the top, to change the color. To change the font, choose one of the other font options at the bottom. Edit the captions. If you see any words that are translated incorrectly, double-tap the transcript, then tap the word to edit it. In this case, the word “I” will be edited to “I’ll. " Share your story. When you’re finished editing your captions, use the arrow icon to share your story. Anyone who watches it will be able to see captions.
Automatic Captions on Instagram
Some people don’t add captions to their Instagram stories. If you want to see captions on those stories, you will need to enable automatic captions. The feature is automatically enabled on some devices, but others will have to enable the captions. Captions increase accessibility for the Deaf and hard of hearing, but there are other benefits to captions. Consider using captions if:
You watch videos in a non-native languageYou are practicing reading, regardless of languageYour comprehension is helped by readingYou use Instagram without volume
How to Get Captions on Instagram Stories
Here’s how to turn on automatic captions for the stories and reels on your Instagram feed.
In your Instagram profile, tap the face in the lower right corner. Open the Menu and tap Settings. Tap Account. Tap Captions. Slide the toggle for Captions to the right. Captions are now enabled. Captions will automatically generate on videos with speech. Automatic captions will show even when your volume is turned up. Videos that were captioned by their creators may display two sets of captions.
