Guide
How to add captions to a skateboard or bike trick tutorial on iPhone
Updated
To add captions to a skateboard or bike trick tutorial on iPhone, explain each trick close to the phone before you ride or record a voiceover afterward, open the clip in CaptionAddr, let it transcribe the English speech on the iPhone, fix trick names and stance terms in Edit Captions, place the captions clear of the board and your feet and export a captioned copy to Photos. Videos up to 2 minutes are free; CaptionAddr Pro covers up to 30 minutes.
Why caption trick tutorials
Trick tutorials, such as an ollie broken down into foot positions, a kickflip or shove-it, a manual or bunny hop on a bike, or a short line at the skatepark, are watched in a feed with the sound off and replayed again and again by riders learning the trick. Captions let them read each foot position and cue as you say it, and they help viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
This guide is for trick tutorials on a skateboard, BMX or other bike. For coaching a team sport or breaking down game footage, see the sports coaching guide; for teaching moves count by count, the dance tutorial guide. CaptionAddr burns the captions into the picture, so they show wherever you post.
Caption a trick tutorial on iPhone
- Explain with the board still. Stand close to the phone and explain the foot position and the pop before you ride, or record a voiceover over the footage afterward. Wheels on concrete, wind and a far-off camera can cover words, and CaptionAddr doesn’t remove noise.
- Choose the video. Tap Select Video in CaptionAddr and pick the clip with Apple’s Photos picker. Vertical, square and landscape videos all work, and the video keeps its shape.
- Let the captions generate. Captions start as soon as the video opens; keep the app open; the English speech is transcribed on your iPhone, not on a server.
- Fix trick and stance names. Trick names, stance terms like regular and goofy, and parts of the board or bike are the words most likely to come out wrong. Correct them in Edit Captions, and delete shouts from friends you don’t want shown. You can edit, delete and reorder words, with undo and redo.
- Keep the trick in view. Choose one of the 20 fonts and a size that reads on a phone, turn on the tinted background over concrete, sky or a busy park, and drag the captions to the top of the frame so they don’t cover the board, the wheels or your feet.
- Export and post. Tap Export Video to save the captioned copy to Photos, then upload it to TikTok, Reels, Shorts or any other app. The watermark is off unless you turn it on.
Tips for trick tutorial captions
- Say where your feet go. Say “back foot on the tail, front foot just behind the bolts,” because the app doesn’t add arrows, labels or diagrams.
- Talk before the attempt. Words said while you ride are often lost to wheel and wind noise. Explain the trick, then ride it.
- Record a voiceover for a distant clip. If a friend filmed from across the park, the phone may not pick up your voice. Record yourself talking through the trick over the footage, save it to Photos, then caption that video.
- Keep music low or out. Music under your voice can cause missed words; add it in the app you post to, after the captions are made.
- Keep your original. CaptionAddr exports a new copy and leaves the original clip in your library.
Limits
- Speech only. CaptionAddr captions spoken English. It doesn’t caption wheel noise, music or sound effects, and it doesn’t read text shown on screen.
- Every voice is captioned. Friends’ shouts and cheers in English become captions too, with no speaker labels to tell them apart.
- Captions only. The app doesn’t add arrows, slow-motion replays, trick names on screen or titles, and you can only fix, delete or reorder the transcribed words.
- No audio changes. The app doesn’t remove wind or wheel noise or change the audio; deleting a word removes it from the captions only.
- English only. CaptionAddr transcribes English speech and doesn’t translate.
- Single-word captions. Words appear one at a time, timed automatically, always in uppercase; there is no full-sentence layout or manual per-word timing.
- Length. Free covers videos up to 2 minutes; CaptionAddr Pro covers up to 30 minutes. CaptionAddr doesn’t trim, split, slow down or combine clips. The App Store shows the current Pro price in your currency.
- Burned-in captions only. There is no SRT, VTT or text export, and the app doesn’t post to social platforms.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add captions to a skateboard trick tutorial on iPhone?
Explain each trick close to the phone before you ride or as a voiceover, open the clip in CaptionAddr, generate captions on your iPhone, fix trick names in Edit Captions, drag the captions clear of the board and export a captioned copy to Photos.
Why do trick names come out wrong?
Trick names and stance terms aren’t everyday English, so they’re easy to mishear, especially over wheel noise. Say them slowly and the same way each time, then correct them in Edit Captions.
Can CaptionAddr add a slow-motion replay?
No. CaptionAddr only adds captions and doesn’t change the video’s speed. Make the slow-motion part in your video editor, save it to Photos, then caption it.
Will my friends’ shouts be captioned?
Yes, if it’s English speech. CaptionAddr captions all the English speech it hears, without speaker labels. Delete any shouts you don’t want shown in Edit Captions.
Can I caption a clip filmed from far away?
Yes, if your voice is clear on the recording. If the phone was too far away to hear you, record a voiceover over the footage, save it to Photos, then caption that video.