how to make text appear and disappear as the words are being spoken

[Elusien]

Use the Text:Simple filter on a track separate from the one your video clip is on. See the thread below for more information:

Having a text layer in Shotcut

Is it possible of for Shotcut to Implement a text overlay on the timeline in the future? I believe it would bring way more flexibility and easy of use to the text feature. Its normally used in premier pro and vsdc but adding that feature would really have shotcut standout in terms of opensource video editors.