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# Incorporating Wordly in Video Systems

## How to customize a subtitling display for onscreen viewing

Wordly's Subtitle app lets you overlay real-time transcription and translation as open subtitles on top of a live video feed, so attendees can view them on an external display or monitor. for viewing on an exterior monitor for your attendees.

You set this up in Wordly's [Subtitle](https://display.wordly.ai/subtitle) app – part of the Wordly Display product. ([https://display.wordly.ai/subtitle](https://display.wordly.ai/subtitle)). With the Subtitle app, you specify the size of the Wordly display frame and then bring the Wordly subtitle frame into your production video switcher or video software that you're using.

To customize your subtitle display:

- [Set up the transcription/translation frame that displays the subtitles](https://help.wordly.ai/incorporate-wordly-in-video-systems#customize). This feature makes it simple to create a [video subtitle](https://www.wordly.ai/video-subtitles) layer and then import that layer into your video editing software.
- [(Optional) Edit the Wordly frame in video software](https://help.wordly.ai/incorporate-wordly-in-video-systems#edit).
- [(Optional) Advanced Display options](https://help.wordly.ai/incorporate-wordly-in-video-systems#advanced).

### Prerequisites

- Session ID and Attendee passcode. Read [Creating a session](https://help.wordly.ai/creating-a-session?hsLang=en) for information on how to obtain a session ID.

#### To customize a subtitle display

1. From the Wordly dashboard, click the Sessions menu and select your desired session.
2. Click "Get Links to Join" at the bottom of the session panel.
3. Under the "For Attendees" panel, expand "Subtitles."
4. Click Open. You can also open Subtitles directly by going to [https://display.wordly.ai/subtitle](https://display.wordly.ai/subtitle).
5. Enter the Session ID and Attendee passcode (if required) and click Start.
6. Choose how the subtitles display with the following options:  
     - **Position**: Choose whether the subtitles display at the top or at the bottom of the screen.
     - **Number of Lines**: Choose how many lines to display at a time: 2, 3, 4, or 5.
     - **Text Size**: Choose the text size of the subtitle: small, medium, and large.
     - **Display Type**: Choose how the subtitle displays. You can choose the following: 
           - **High contrast**: Displays yellow text on a black background. If you have strict accessibility concerns, choose High contrast mode.  
             ![Subtitles high contrast](https://help.wordly.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Graphics/Subtitles%20high%20contrast.png?width=670&height=116&name=Subtitles%20high%20contrast.png)
           - **Luma key**: Displays white text onto a dark background, so you can remove the dark background in luma key and overlay the subtitles onto another video or image.![Subtitles luma key](https://help.wordly.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Graphics/Subtitles%20luma%20key.png?width=670&height=139&name=Subtitles%20luma%20key.png)
           - **Chroma key**: Displays text onto a green background, so you can remove the background and replace the background with another video or image.   
             ![Subtitles Chroma key](https://help.wordly.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Graphics/Subtitles%20Chroma%20key.png?width=670&height=110&name=Subtitles%20Chroma%20key.png)
     - **Language 1**: Choose the language in which the subtitles display.
     - **Language 2**: (Optional) You can add a second language in which to display the subtitles. The second subtitle language displays to the right of the first subtitle.
7. (Optional) Click **Copy Link** to generate a shareable URL that pre-populates all your current subtitle settings (position, number of lines, text size, display type, and languages) for reuse or sharing with colleagues.
8. Import the Wordly subtitles into your video editing software. Depending upon how your software operates, you'll bring the Wordly frame in as a video source (such as a camera) or via a browser.
9. View the Wordly frame in the monitor that you plan to use. The frame may appear different, based on your computer's resolution, your monitor's resolution, and your computer's operating system text scaling.
10. Adjust the size of the frame and the text size until the Wordly frame displays the way you'd like.

#### To edit the subtitle frame

Once you've set how you want your Wordly subtitle frame to display, you can display it on your monitor or with a projector. Or you can edit the subtitle frame in third-party software. 

To edit the subtitle frame, bring the Wordly subtitle frame into your production video switcher or video editing software.

1. In your video software, add the Wordly subtitle frame as a video source (for example, as a browser source or virtual camera input).
2. Crop or resize the frame as needed to fit your video layout.
3. To remove the **Displaying Subtitle** panel visible in the Wordly frame, use your video production system's crop controls to crop it out.

You can remove the Displaying Subtitle panel from the Wordly subtitle frame by cropping it within your video production system.

#### Advanced Display options

If you want to specify certain aspects of the subtitles, such as font color or background color, you will need to create the subtitle frame in the main [Wordly Display](https://display.wordly.ai/app?session=eyJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InJvdyIsInRvcE1hcmdpbnMiOjAsImJvdHRvbU1hcmdpbnMiOjAsImxlZnRNYXJnaW5zIjowLCJyaWdodE1hcmdpbnMiOjAsInNhZmVBcmVhIjowLCJzaG93SGVhZGVyIjp0cnVlLCJ0YWdzIjp0cnVlLCJnbG9iYWxCYWNrZ3JvdW5kIjpudWxsLCJmcmFtZXMiOltdfQ%3D%3D) feature ([https://display.wordly.ai](https://display.wordly.ai/)). For more information, read [Display Wordly Captions on Screen](https://help.wordly.ai/display-wordly-captions-on-screen?hsLang=en). 

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