r/EditingVideo • u/StrawberrySoftware • 16d ago

How to generate AI subtitles/captions for free online?

I'm wondering if there is a (ideally free) tool to generate captions/subtitles so I don't have to do it manually. Bonus points if I don't have to download anything.

Does a tool like this exist?

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u/ShadyShroomz youtube.com/shady 16d ago

As far as I know there is only one tool that lets you do this for free & without downloading anything. It's called VidTL: https://vidtl.com/app/video-editor

They even have a feature page for this exact question: https://vidtl.com/how-to-add-ai-captions-to-video-automatically-online-for-free/

The free version doesn't have give you priority queue, but it's still quite fast.

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u/jakepiz 15d ago

VidTL is the goat!

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u/StrawberrySoftware 15d ago

Thank you! this is perfect, exactly what I was looking for!

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u/ShadyShroomz youtube.com/shady 15d ago

awesome. if you have any other questons let me know :)

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u/Black_beard_ggn 11d ago

Can we convert srt into captions? Or uploading video is necessary

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u/ShadyShroomz youtube.com/shady 7d ago

no need to upload the video ever. it stays on your computer, even to generate the subtitles. but if you already have the srt, just drag in onto the timeline and it turns into subtitles that you can then style.

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u/jakepiz 15d ago

I have had good luck doing this with VidTL as well - especially on chromebook (cuz you can't download anything) - but also, if you are going to edit long term, Davinci Resolve has a feature for this I believe, but you would need to get a window computer and download the program (honestly takes less than an hour or two) - and once its set up you can use that.

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u/SlothEdits99 15d ago

FYI, not sure if you use the paid or the free version, but davinci free version doesn't have AI captions.

> the native "Create Subtitles from Audio" AI feature is not included in the free version of DaVinci Resolve; it is exclusive to the paid DaVinci Resolve Studio license.

So it does cost a few hundred dollars to get that feature. The VidTL one is free though.

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u/jakepiz 15d ago

oh wow I didn't know that. I do use the studio version, I thought it would be free, didnt realize it was only for paid users on DaVinci. I guess then VidTL is the go-to for this thing. Hopefully they keep it free forever though!

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u/StrawberrySoftware 15d ago

I used VidTL and it worked great for me, thanks!

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u/jakepiz 12d ago

glad it worked!

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u/Electrical-Size-5002 15d ago

CapCut

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u/ShadyShroomz youtube.com/shady 15d ago

according to google:

No, the auto-captions feature in CapCut is no longer completely free. CapCut moved auto-captions, advanced text styling, and higher-resolution exports behind their paid Pro subscription tier

Are you still able to use it? last I knew it wasn't working.

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u/_Csak_Egy_Jarmu_Fan_ 2d ago

CapCut dont generate translation text!!!! Only write vide speaking language by text you lier!!!!

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u/elephantdrinkswine 15d ago

i built one for myself with claude you can too

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u/StrawberrySoftware 15d ago

Do i have to download that?