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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
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AutoCaption
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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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SubMagic
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AI video editor that auto-captions, trims and repurposes raw footage into short-form clips for social platforms.

896K visits/mo5.1K saves
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Text Remover
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AI tool that erases hardcoded subtitles, captions, and text overlays from videos without blurring, aimed at creators repurposing footage.

660 saves

Generates detailed AI text descriptions of uploaded videos, useful for filmmakers and marketers needing quick synopses or captions.

29K visits/mo
Pricing
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

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

Free trial available

Starter: $19/member/mo (15 videos/mo, max 2 min each)
Starter + Magic Clips: $38/member/mo
Pro: $39/member/mo (40 videos/mo, max 5 min each)
Pro + Magic Clips: $58/member/mo

Free trial available

Starter Pack: $6.9 one-time (500 credits, ~5 minutes of video, up to 6 min length)

No public pricing

Core features
  • 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 animated captions
  • Emoji and emphasis effects
  • 100+ languages
  • Auto-resize for multiple platforms
  • Timeline subtitle/timing editor
  • Direct publishing and templates
  • Automatic viral-style captions in 48 languages
  • One-click AI auto-editing (cuts, trims, silence removal)
  • Magic Clips to extract shorts from long-form videos
  • AI actor/avatar video creation without filming
  • AI video translation and eye-contact correction
  • Scheduled publishing across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram
  • Public API for automating the editing workflow
  • Frame-by-frame AI text and subtitle detection
  • Background reconstruction to avoid blur or artifacts
  • Support for MP4, MOV, and WebM formats
  • Removal of date stamps and other overlay graphics
  • Real-time credit estimate before processing
  • One-time credit purchase with no subscription
  • Uploads a video and generates a detailed text description
  • Supports follow-up questions about the video's content
  • Offers multi-language description generation
  • Processes videos quickly with encrypted uploads
Use cases
  • 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
  • Captioning short-form social videos
  • Making captions that boost watch time
  • Repurposing one video for many platforms
  • Building branded caption presets
  • Turning a podcast or long video into multiple short clips
  • Adding on-brand captions to social videos at scale
  • Publishing short-form content across platforms on a schedule
  • Creating videos with AI avatars instead of filming
  • Creators removing hardcoded subtitles to relocalize content
  • Social media teams repurposing videos with embedded captions
  • Agencies cleaning up client footage with unwanted overlays
  • Video editors removing timestamp burn-ins from source clips
  • Repurposing TikTok or Reels footage for other platforms
  • Filmmakers creating synopses and marketing copy from footage
  • Researchers describing user-testing videos for analysis
  • Social media creators generating captions and hashtags from clips
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