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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

Video AI by Topaz Labs

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Desktop and cloud AI software for upscaling, sharpening, denoising, and restoring photos and video at professional quality.

3.0M visits/mo7.0K saves

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

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

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

Topaz Image Web: $12/mo (introductory, up to 32MP, unlimited cloud rendering)

Astra Standard: $19/mo (introductory, 400 credits/month, 4K video output)

Topaz Studio: $34/mo billed annually (all apps, 300 monthly video cloud credits)

Topaz Studio: $69/mo (all apps, 300 monthly video cloud credits)

Topaz Photo: $39/mo (photo restoration and enhancement models)

Topaz Gigapixel: $29/mo (image upscaling models)

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

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

✦AI image and video upscaling up to 4K/32MP
✦Denoising and sharpening models
✦Photo restoration and dust/scratch removal
✦Face enhancement and recovery
✦Background removal and colorization
✦Cloud rendering with concurrency limits
✦Bundled multi-app Studio subscription

✦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

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

→Photographers restoring or upscaling old photos
→Video editors upscaling footage to 4K
→Studios batch-enhancing large image libraries
→Creators removing backgrounds or colorizing images

→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

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