{"id":1081,"date":"2026-01-18T17:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonix.ai\/resources\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:43:44","slug":"how-to-add-captions-to-your-wistia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonix.ai\/resources\/how-to-add-captions-to-your-wistia-video\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add captions to your Wistia video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using Wistia can help you boost viewer engagement and reach a broader audience. But if you don\u2019t have captions, not every viewer will understand the audio in your video.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether your viewers are hard of hearing, on the bus, at the office, at the dinner table, or while waiting in line, there are times when they will want to need media without sound. Providing captions makes your videos more engaging, memorable, and accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to add captions to your Wistia video. Not only that, the captions can be created automatically using automated speech recognition which is both fast &amp; inexpensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"below-are-5-simple-steps-to-create-captions-for-your-wistia-video\"><strong>Below are 5 simple steps to create captions for your Wistia video<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STEP 1: Upload video to Sonix<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Locate your file and upload it to Sonix to get a fast, accurate automated transcript. If you don\u2019t have a Sonix account you can create a free trial here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sonix.ai\/accounts\/sign_up\">https:\/\/sonix.ai\/accounts\/sign_up<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STEP 2: Polish \/ edit your transcript in Sonix<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonix has a built-in text editor so you can polish the text while watching the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STEP 3: Export SRT<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the EXPORT button in Sonix and then select SRT. At this point you can easily adjust the length, duration, and number of lines of your captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>STEP 4: Add caption file to Wistia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to <a href=\"https:\/\/wistia.com\">Wistia<\/a>, locate the video you want to add captions to and click \u201cCustomize\u201d.  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