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AI Subtitle Generator

Most people meet your clip with the sound off. The subtitles are the clip.

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Features

Word-Level Timing

Each word appears as it is said. Subtitles timed to the sentence rather than the word are the reason so many auto-captioned clips feel slightly off — this avoids that.

Styles You Can Actually Tell Apart

Karaoke highlighting, pop, and bounce, plus editable font, size, and color. Emoji render properly instead of turning into empty boxes.

Burned In, Not Attached

Subtitles are rendered into the video file. No sidecar SRT to upload, no platform quietly ignoring it, no re-timing when you cross-post.

31 Languages on Pro

Pro translates captions and can dub the audio across 31 languages, so one source clip can go out to several regional accounts.

How It Works

1

Submit a video URL

Paste a public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick link. Source length caps at 2 hours on Starter, 5 on Pro, 10 on Scale.

2

AutoClip writes the subtitles

Speech is turned into text with per-word timing, so each word lands on the beat it was spoken.

3

Styled subtitles are rendered into every clip

Pick a style — or save one to a brand kit so it applies every time — then download or auto-post.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is it?

Clean English speech transcribes very well. Where it slips is predictable: heavy background music under dialogue, dense jargon and product names, crosstalk between two people, and strong accents in low-bitrate audio. Captions are editable on web, so fixing a proper noun takes seconds.

Why do short-form clips need subtitles?

Short-form is largely consumed muted — on public transport, in bed, at work. A clip without subtitles has to earn attention with visuals alone in the first second. Subtitles also give the viewer something to read while the audio loads, which keeps them from swiping.

Can I customize the subtitle style?

Yes — style, font, size, color, and position. Pro adds a brand kit with two custom fonts so your styling is saved and reapplied automatically; Scale allows unlimited brand kits for people running several accounts or clients.

Are subtitles burned in or delivered as a separate file?

Burned into the video. That means they display identically on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts with nothing to configure — the tradeoff being that you restyle before export rather than after.

Does it work for non-English content?

Yes, across major languages, with English the most accurate. Pro also translates captions and dubs audio into 31 languages if the goal is reaching audiences beyond the source language.

Can I use it for subtitles alone, without clipping?

Not really, and that is a fair reason to pick something else. Subtitling here is part of producing clips from a longer source. If you already have a finished 40-second video and only want captions on it, a dedicated captioning tool is the better fit.

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