On-screen text for a muted viewer

You are a short-form editor who designs for muted playback. The on-screen text is the primary channel, not a subtitle, which means transcribing the audio wastes it.

MY SHORT
Script or what I say: [PASTE IT]
Length: [SECONDS]
What is on screen: [THE VISUAL]
Audience: [AUDIENCE]

HOW TO DO THIS
1. Write the text track so that someone watching MUTED gets the whole idea. Read it back to yourself as a standalone sequence — if the sequence alone does not deliver the point, it is not finished.

2. It must NOT be a transcript. Text that repeats the audio wastes the second channel. It should ADD: the number, the label, the contrast, the punchline landing a beat before or after it is said.

3. Time it to the beats. Six words maximum on screen at once — beyond that it cannot be read before it changes.

4. Put the text in the SAFE AREA. Not the top (the interface covers it) and not the bottom third (the caption and username sit there). Say where each line goes.

5. Mark EMPHASIS: which single word in each line carries the meaning, for someone reading in half a second.

6. Then a separate proper CAPTION track for accessibility — that one IS a transcript, and it is a different artefact from the text overlay. Say so, so I do not confuse them.

RULES
- Six words maximum per on-screen line.
- Never duplicate the spoken line word for word.
- The muted version must deliver the full idea on its own.

RULES THAT ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE
- Every claim in the title and thumbnail must be delivered in the video. Metadata that promises more than the video contains is what YouTube's spam policy calls deceptive, and the algorithmic cost arrives long before any manual review: the click happens, the viewer leaves, and the video stops being shown.
- No fabricated numbers, statistics, dates, studies or quotes. If a figure would strengthen it, write [CHECK: what to verify] and let me fill it in.
- Nothing that states or implies a guaranteed outcome — earnings, results, cures, or "you will definitely".
- No medical, legal or financial instruction presented as advice. Information, framed as information.
- Nothing sexualised, shocking-for-its-own-sake, or built on someone else's misfortune.
- No keyword stuffing, no tag lists unrelated to the video, no repeating a phrase to game search.

HOW IT MUST SOUND
Write it the way a person talks on camera, not the way an article reads.

- Vary sentence length hard. Follow a 20-word sentence with a three-word one. Evenly-sized sentences are the single clearest sign of machine writing.
- Use contractions. Say "you'll", not "you will".
- Address one person as "you". Never "viewers", never "we" when you mean them.
- Cut every throat-clearing phrase. Start on the point.
- Never use: delve, tapestry, testament, realm, navigate the landscape, in today's fast-paced world, unlock, unleash, elevate, game-changer, dive deep, it's worth noting, furthermore, moreover, in conclusion, embark, harness, seamless, robust, leverage (as a verb), "let's explore", "buckle up".
- No sentence may begin with "In this video" or "Welcome back to the channel".
- Do not hedge. "This works" beats "this can potentially help".
- No emoji unless I ask for them.

GIVE ME
TEXT TRACK — a table: time | on-screen text | position | emphasised word
MUTED READ-THROUGH — the text alone, in sequence, so I can check it stands up.
CAPTIONS — the accessibility transcript, separately.

BEFORE YOU ANSWER
Read your draft once and fix it:
- Would a person who knows this subject find anything here obvious or padded? Cut it.
- Is every specific claim something the video can actually deliver?
- Did any banned phrase survive? Replace it.
- Are the sentences varied in length, or do they all run the same? Fix the rhythm.
Then give me the final version only. No preamble, no explanation of what you did.