Highlight Box

A solid box travels behind the word being spoken, sliding from word to word as the voice moves on

Installation
$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @remocn/caption-highlight-box

Usage

CaptionHighlightBox shows the whole page and moves a rounded box behind the word being spoken. When the voice reaches the next word the box slides and resizes onto it instead of popping, so the eye follows one shape across the line. The text sitting on the box switches to activeColor as the box arrives.

It renders only the text block, so place it inside your own AbsoluteFill. See Positioning for safe placements and Get a transcript for producing captions.json.

import { AbsoluteFill } from "remotion";
import { CaptionHighlightBox } from "@/components/remocn/caption-highlight-box";
import captions from "./captions.json";
 
export const MyScene = () => (
  <AbsoluteFill
    style={{
      justifyContent: "flex-end",
      alignItems: "center",
      paddingBottom: 108,
      paddingInline: 192,
    }}
  >
    <CaptionHighlightBox captions={captions} boxColor="#facc15" />
  </AbsoluteFill>
);
Props
PropTypeDefaultDescription
captions
Caption[]—The timed transcript, in the `Caption` shape from `@remotion/captions`. Times are relative to the start of the surrounding `Sequence`.
combineTokensWithinMilliseconds
number1200How much speech one page may span before the next word starts a new page. Pages also break at the end of a sentence and on any pause of at least `holdMs` (300 ms minimum).
holdMs
number600How long a page stays after its last word when the next page is not already due. It fades out at the end of the hold instead of hanging through the pause.
fontSize
number64Font size in pixels.
fontWeight
number800Font weight. The font itself is inherited.
color
string"#ffffff"Colour of the words off the box.
activeColor
string"#0a0a0a"Colour of the word sitting on the box. Pick something that contrasts with `boxColor`.
boxColor
string"#facc15"Fill of the travelling box.
boxRadius
number0.16Corner radius of the box, in em of the font size.
boxPadding
number0.14How far the box extends past the word on each side, in em of the font size.
shadow
booleantrueA tight text shadow on the words off the box, so they stay legible over bright footage.
className
string—Classes for the text block — width, font family, `uppercase`.