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Maestra
✓ verifiedFreemium

Web platform for AI transcription, subtitling, translation and dubbing across 125+ languages, aimed at video creators and teams.

1.5M 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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viralbot
✓ verifiedPaid

Low-cost online editor that pairs a main video with auto-generated subtitles and a secondary clip to produce quick vertical social videos.

74 visits/mo3.3K saves
1.5K visits/mo
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syncwords.com
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Pay-per-minute platform for live and recorded AI captioning, foreign subtitling, and real-time voice dubbing for broadcasters.

19K visits/mo
Pricing
Pay As You Go: $12 (60 credits)
Lite: $23/mo (180 min)
Basic: $39/mo (360 min)
Premium: $79/mo (900 min)

Free trial available

Basic: $18/mo (100 videos/mo)
Pro: $25/mo (215 videos/mo)
Business: $39/mo (350 videos/mo)

Free trial available

First video: free
Single video: $0.18
10-video pack: $1.50 ($0.15/video)
Free: $0/month
Light: $5/month
Medium: $13/month
Premium: $49/month
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

Core features
  • Automatic transcription with speakers and timestamps
  • Subtitle generation, translation and editing
  • AI dubbing with voice cloning and lip sync
  • Real-time transcription, translation and captioning
  • Text-to-speech voiceovers in 125+ languages
  • Automatic animated captions
  • Emoji and emphasis effects
  • 100+ languages
  • Auto-resize for multiple platforms
  • Timeline subtitle/timing editor
  • Direct publishing and templates
  • Automatic multi-language subtitle generation
  • Automated pairing with a secondary background video clip
  • Regenerate option to swap secondary content
  • 200+ stock footage clips library
  • Simple upload-generate-download workflow
  • No-signup free first video
  • Automatic subtitles generation with AI
  • Video resizing for different social media platforms
  • Subtitle style customization
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Video format conversion
  • 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
Use cases
  • Subtitle and translate videos for global audiences
  • Transcribe meetings, interviews and media files
  • Dub audio and video into other languages
  • Caption live events and streams
  • Captioning short-form social videos
  • Making captions that boost watch time
  • Repurposing one video for many platforms
  • Building branded caption presets
  • Social media marketers creating quick split-screen viral videos
  • Creators wanting subtitles without manual editing
  • Users repurposing YouTube links into short vertical clips
  • Adding subtitles to social media videos to increase engagement
  • Creating accessible video content for viewers who watch without sound
  • Translating video subtitles into different languages
  • Quickly generating subtitles for video content without manual transcription
  • 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
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