Automatically Generate Smart Contextual Captions in Premiere Pro using ContextLab Narrative Assist

In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Narrative Assist, the AI module inside ContextLab, to automatically generate smart contextual captions directly in Adobe Premiere Pro. We’ll go through the full workflow — from importing transcripts to placing perfectly timed captions synced with your timeline and MOGRT templates.

We’ll go through the full workflow — from importing transcripts to placing perfectly timed captions synced with your timeline and MOGRT templates.

Tools used

• ContextLab: AI Context Video Editing

Author Notes

0:00 About the NarrativeAssist tool

0:35 Exporting the transcript from your video

0:49 Uploading the transcript to NarrativeAssist

1:09 Caption density

1:16 How the balanced density calculation works

1:46 How to use your own MOGRT templates

2:29 How NarrativeAssist fills generated captions in MOGRT

2:42 How the duration of a generated caption is calculated

3:03 Analysis process

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What you’ll learn:

 • How to prepare and import your transcript.

 • How NarrativeAssist analyzes speech and detects key ideas.

 • How to generate contextual captions (definitions, references, translations, quotes).

 • How Adaptive Timing follows broadcast standards for professional pacing.

 • How to connect captions to your MOGRT templates and adjust tone or style.

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Perfect for:

Editors, documentary creators, and storytellers who want to make their captions more meaningful, readable, and synced to narrative flow.

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