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Multiple caption tracks visible for accessibility

Community Beginner ,
Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023
In the previous version of Premiere Pro, I was able to add multiple captions and make them visible in order to have English/Spanish on screen. But in the latest version (Version 15.0.0) only one track of captioning is available.

This makes it hard for those of us who are working on making our videos accessible to multiple audiences. Please bring back the ability to have multiple tracks of captioning visible at the same time.
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Adobe Employee , Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023
This is not a bug, it's as designed. We specifically limit the visibility to one track at a time to avoid accidentally burning in multiple tracks. Also, when exporting to a format that only supports one captions stream like SRT or STL, we need to know which is the active track in order to export the correct track.

But I understand why you might need two tracks visible at the same time.

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If we could automatically identify speakers and designate a style associated with them, wo...
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Community Expert ,
Dec 06, 2025 Dec 06, 2025

@mattyboy1980,

 

Welcome back! lol.

 

It was added in release 25.2.0, along with being able to translate captions.

 

Stan

 

 

 

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Explorer ,
Dec 07, 2025 Dec 07, 2025
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Haha thanks bud, will report back when I have a look. Am on 24.5 at the mo. Sounds like progress, good news.

Cheers,

Matty

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