# Captioning JPEGs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captioning-jpegs/304671 "2005-05-20T01:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captioning-jpegs/304671/1 "2005-05-20T01:26:35Z")
Is there any software (preferably free or shareware) out there that will automatically add visible captions to a JPEG photo? I want to send a photo CD to my parents-in-law and don’t want to have to try and explain each and every photo to them over the phone (200 photos). I know I could edit them one by one in some photoediting software, but I want to do a batch edit. My Google search has turned up software, but the captions applied aren’t visible (it’s file info or something). ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captioning-jpegs/304671/2 "2005-05-20T01:55:45Z")
You may be better off publishing a photo album with something like Jasc photo album or a similar program. You end up with a thumbnail page with descriptions which is easy to browse. I can’t think of even how you’s caption photos as a batch unless you wanted them to have all the same caption. ---
**Author:** ![Chimark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Chimark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captioning-jpegs/304671/3 "2005-05-20T17:02:11Z")
XNView has a free program you can download. Just search google for it and get it from CNET or other sources ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captioning-jpegs/304671/4 "2005-05-21T00:03:24Z")
[This](http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/)program, which can be used as a replacement for MS Paint, will do the job. I use it in place of Paint Shop Pro for some of graphics work I do.