Introducing Open Captions in Live Clipping: Faster social video starts here
In live production, speed is everything.
A key moment happens. A clip is created. Within seconds it can be shared across social platforms where audiences are already watching.
But one part of the process has often slowed things down: captions.
For many teams, adding open captions to social video still means exporting a clip, opening another editing tool, generating captions, styling them, and exporting the file again before publishing.
Today, Grabyo removes that extra step.
Weโre introducing Open Captions in Live Clipping, a new capability that allows teams to generate and overlay burned-in captions directly onto clips within the platform itself.
The result is a faster workflow where clipping, captioning and publishing can all happen in one place.
Designed for short-form, social-first content
Open captions have become a standard part of social video.
Many viewers watch content without sound, and captions help ensure the story is immediately understandable in the feed. But until now, producing captioned clips at speed often required switching between multiple tools.
Grabyoโs Open Captions in Live Clipping integrates AI-powered transcription directly into the clipping workflow, allowing captions to be generated automatically from the selected clip.
Users can then edit the transcript where needed, adjust caption segments, and apply styling before exporting the finished video.Because the feature sits inside the clipping workflow itself, the process remains optimized for short-form, near-live publishing.
Built for fast editorial workflows
Editorial teams are increasingly expected to publish quickly, often around live moments and fast-moving stories. Thatโs why the new captioning capability focuses on speed and simplicity, rather than replicating the complexity of traditional editing software.
Captions are automatically segmented and formatted to create readable lines for social viewing, helping reduce the amount of manual editing required.
Users can then make quick adjustments, split or merge caption segments, and apply styling templates to ensure clips remain on-brand.
These templates allow teams to define visual elements such as fonts, colours, borders and backgrounds, making it easy to maintain consistency across social output even when clips are being produced rapidly.
Keeping the workflow in one place
At its core, Open Captions in Live Clipping is about reducing friction in the content creation process.
Instead of moving clips between multiple tools, teams can now complete the entire process in Grabyo:
- Clip the moment
- Generate captions automatically
- Edit and style the captions
- Export a social-ready video
For publishers producing content around live events, this means fewer steps between capturing a moment and sharing it with audiences.
Part of a broader shift in production
Across the industry, video production is evolving around the needs of social and mobile platforms.
Last month, Grabyo introduced new production capabilities powered by AWS Elemental Inference, enabling AI-driven vertical video outputs within live workflows. Together with new editorial tools like Open Captions in Live Clipping, the platform continues to evolve around the same principle: helping teams produce feed-ready content faster.
Because today, the challenge is no longer just capturing the moment.
Itโs delivering it instantly, in the formats audiences expect.
