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HitPaw Photo Restoration logo
HitPaw Photo Restoration
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI video editor (HitPaw Edimakor) with text-to-video, avatars, translation, subtitles and face swap for creators.

991K visits/mo4.1K saves
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Apowersoft
✓ verifiedFreemium

Multimedia software suite: screen recording, video/audio editing, format converters, PDF tools and phone mirroring for desktop and mobile.

612K visits/mo
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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
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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
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CaptionCreator
✓ verifiedPaid

AI subtitle/transcription tool (50+ languages) - but the service is shutting down, with new signups and payments disabled.

11K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

No public 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

Credits: $10 for 100 credits (1 credit = 1 min)
Core features
  • AI text-to-video and script-to-video
  • AI avatars and talking-photo videos
  • Video translation and dubbing (400+ voices)
  • Auto subtitles and speech-to-text
  • Face swap and background remover
  • 1000+ effects, filters, transitions and templates
  • Screen recorder (ApowerREC)
  • Video editor and converter
  • Audio recorder
  • PDF editor and converter
  • Phone mirroring (ApowerMirror)
  • Watermark and background removers
  • Online and desktop tools, plus AI utilities
  • 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
  • Auto-transcription to subtitles or text
  • Translate audio/video to English subtitles
  • 50+ language support
  • Handles noisy and multilingual audio
  • Non-expiring credit-based usage
  • SRT and plain-text output
Use cases
  • Editing videos for social media
  • Generating videos from text or scripts
  • Translating and dubbing content
  • Creating marketing and explainer videos
  • Record and edit screen/video content
  • Convert between media formats
  • Edit and convert PDFs
  • Mirror a phone to a computer
  • 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
  • Subtitling videos for creators
  • Translating video into English captions
  • Transcribing recordings to text
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