Use Caption Writer to write your captions for you—all you have to do is enter a few words about your post!
Important:
- Caption Writer is only available on Later’s current paid plans
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Caption Writer is available for all social platforms on app.later.com on desktop as well as Later's iOS and Android apps
- Customizing tone and rephrasing is currently only available on desktop
- Caption Writer is a beta feature Learn more
- Caption Writer uses a third-party source to generate captions. Later is not responsible for any content generated.
- Caption Writer is currently only available in English
What is Caption Writer?
Later’s Caption Writer uses AI technology to generate captions for your post based on the prompt you enter.
Once you generate a caption you like, you can add it to your post and edit it to your liking, or use it as-is.
How to Generate Captions with Caption Writer
Desktop
- In Later on the web, schedule a post for any social platform
- Under the caption field, click Need help writing a caption?
- Enter a few words about your post
- Optional: Select a Casual or Professional tone, or select Custom to enter your own tone descriptor
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Click Generate Captions
Note: Each time you generate new captions, you will use 1 credit -
Optional: Regenerate a caption with a different tone or phrasing
Note: Each time you regenerate a caption, you will receive 3 new versions of that caption and use 1 credit
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Click on a caption to add the text to your caption
- Adding a caption to your post will not replace the existing text in the post caption; it will append it to the end
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If you want to generate another set of captions for your post, click Generate New Captions
- When you generate new captions, the existing captions will be permanently deleted
iOS
- In Later’s iOS app, schedule a post for any social platform
- Tap the Write a Caption field
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On the Caption screen, tap the Caption Writer icon near the right side of the screen:
- Enter a few words about your post
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Tap the Return/Enter key on your keyboard to generate captions
Note: Each time you generate captions, you will use 1 credit -
Tap + next to a generated caption to add it to your post
- This won’t replace any existing text in the caption field; your generated caption will be added to the end
- Continue to edit your caption and/or schedule your post as normal
Android
- In Later’s Android app, schedule a post for any social platform
- Tap the Write a Caption field
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On the Caption screen, tap the Caption Writer icon near the right side of the screen:
- Enter a few words about your post
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Tap the Return/Enter key on your keyboard to generate captions
Note: Each time you generate captions, you will use 1 credit -
Tap + next to a generated caption to add it to your post
- This won’t replace any existing text in the caption field; your generated caption will be added to the end
- Continue to edit your caption and/or schedule your post as normal
About Credits
Note: Credits for both Caption Writer and Ideas come from the same pool.
Every time you successfully generate new captions using Caption Writer, or re-generate an existing caption with a different tone or phrasing, you use 1 credit. You can’t generate captions if you don’t have any credits. Learn more about credits