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Auto Captioning Subtitles Captions Video Editing Video

AutoCaption

✓ verifiedFreemium

AI caption generator that adds animated, styled subtitles and emojis to short videos for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts in 100+ languages.

90K visits/mo3.8K saves

syncwords.com

✓ verifiedPaid

Pay-per-minute platform for live and recorded AI captioning, foreign subtitling, and real-time voice dubbing for broadcasters.

19K visits/mo

Captionic

✓ verifiedFree

Free AI tool that auto-generates subtitles and embeds them into short videos, with multi-language support.

4.6K visits/mo

Banva

✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based AI tool that generates, styles and burns subtitles and transcribes audio across 90+ languages.

15K visits/mo

KWIKmotion

✓ verifiedPaid

Video-on-demand, live-streaming and OTT platform with AI captions, translation and metadata tools for media and broadcast teams.

5.2K saves

Pricing

Basic: $18/mo (100 videos/mo)

Pro: $25/mo (215 videos/mo)

Business: $39/mo (350 videos/mo)

Free trial available

Human transcription (standard, 3-5 days): $1.95/minute of media

Human transcription (fast, same day): $3.45/minute of media

Automated captions (ASR + sync): $0.50/minute of media

Machine translation, first language: $1.00/minute of media

Machine translation, second language: $0.50/minute of media

Burned-in caption files: $3.00 minimum, $0.50/minute above minimum

Professional human translation: from $6.00/minute of media

Free trial available

No public pricing

Core features

✦Automatic animated captions
✦Emoji and emphasis effects
✦100+ languages
✦Auto-resize for multiple platforms
✦Timeline subtitle/timing editor
✦Direct publishing and templates

✦Frame-accurate live AI captioning with broadcast-grade latency
✦Real-time subtitle translation into 40+ languages including non-Latin scripts
✦AI voice dubbing that preserves speaker emotion and tone
✦Delivery via SDI, HLS, SRT and widget-based embeds
✦Caption and subtitle editor with smart segmentation and error detection
✦Human transcription and translation options alongside automated ones

✦Automatic AI subtitle generation
✦Embeds captions into the video
✦Multi-language support

✦AI subtitle generation from video or audio
✦Translation across 90+ languages
✦Caption styling with fonts, animations and presets
✦Export as SRT, VTT, TXT or JSON
✦Burn subtitles directly into video
✦Fast parallel processing of long files

✦Live streaming and video on demand
✦Real-time AI captions and translation
✦AI cropping and metadata generation
✦AI moderation
✦Instant library keyword search
✦Third-party syndication and integrations

Use cases

→Captioning short-form social videos
→Making captions that boost watch time
→Repurposing one video for many platforms
→Building branded caption presets

→Sports and news broadcasters localizing live feeds for global audiences
→OTT platforms offering translated content tiers
→Event organizers adding live multilingual captions to conferences and webinars

→Adding captions to short-form videos
→Making video content accessible
→Improving video engagement and SEO

→Adding captions to marketing and social videos
→Transcribing recordings and podcasts to text
→Translating subtitles to reach global audiences
→Styling on-brand captions for short-form content

→Delivering OTT and streaming services
→Captioning and translating live video
→Managing large video libraries
→Broadcast and media workflows

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