We usually don’t think of video and text going together because they’re two completely different experiences. In fact, when we watch a video, we normally don’t expect to read anything, but text can serve a purpose when it’s associated with video. For example, just think about subtitles that translate or transcribe a video and captions. Both of these tools can be used to enhance video and make it available to more people than it normally would have been. Overstream applies these concepts by giving you the power to add text to videos.

You don’t have to import a new video into Overstream to take advantage of its functionality because it works with a handful of online video services such as YouTube. Once you provide the URL to the video that you want to work with, then the fun begins. The Overstream Editor gives you all of the tools that you’ll need to add subtitles or captions to a video, and you can then save your work to your account and either publicly or privately view the enhanced videos through the service.