Free Online Subtitle Creator
Add subtitles to your videos with AI-powered transcription. Edit with ease, export as SRT, or burn captions directly into your video—all in your browser.
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Creating subtitles manually is tedious
Hours of typing
Manually typing out every word takes forever. A 10-minute video can take an hour or more to transcribe by hand.
Timing nightmares
Syncing subtitles to speech requires frame-by-frame adjustments. Off-by-a-second timing looks unprofessional.
Format confusion
SRT, VTT, ASS—different platforms need different formats. Getting timestamps and formatting right is error-prone.
AI creates subtitles for you
Our free subtitle creator uses AI to automatically transcribe your video and sync subtitles perfectly. Just upload, review, and export.
AI transcription
Advanced speech recognition converts your audio to text automatically. Works with accents, technical terms, and natural speech.
Auto-sync timing
Subtitles are automatically synced to speech with millisecond precision. No manual timing adjustments needed.
Easy editing
Review and edit any text directly in the browser. Fix mistakes, adjust timing, split or merge subtitles with live preview.
Flexible export
Download SRT files for YouTube and other platforms, or export video with subtitles burned in with custom styling.
How to create subtitles online
Upload video
Drag and drop or click to upload your video file.
AI generates subtitles
Wait a moment while AI transcribes and times your subtitles.
Review & edit
Fix any errors and customize appearance to your liking.
Export
Download SRT file or video with burned-in subtitles.
Why add subtitles to your videos?
Reach more viewers
85% of Facebook videos are watched without sound. Subtitles ensure your message gets through whether viewers can hear or not.
Improve accessibility
Make your content accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. Subtitles also help non-native speakers understand.
Boost SEO
Search engines can't watch videos, but they can read subtitles. Captions help your videos rank higher in search results.
Increase engagement
Videos with subtitles see 40% more watch time. Captions keep viewers watching longer and improve content retention.
Who uses our free subtitle creator?
YouTubers & content creators
Add captions to increase watch time and reach viewers who watch on mute. Make your content accessible to a global audience.
Need to trim your video first? Try our free video trimmer.
Course creators & educators
Make learning materials accessible to all students. Subtitles help with comprehension and are required for many educational institutions.
Turn videos into step-by-step guides with video to documentation.
Businesses & marketers
Maximize the reach of your video marketing. Subtitles increase engagement on social media where most videos autoplay muted.
Reach international markets with AI video translation.
Social media managers
Create subtitled clips for Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Captions are essential for scroll-stopping social content.
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Frequently asked questions
Upload your video to our free subtitle creator. Our AI will automatically transcribe the audio and generate timed subtitles. Edit any text you want to change, then export as SRT or download your video with subtitles burned in.
Yes! Our AI-powered transcription automatically converts speech to text and syncs it with your video. For clear audio, accuracy is typically 95%+. You can easily edit any mistakes in the built-in editor.
You can export subtitles as SRT files (the industry standard) for use with YouTube, Vimeo, and other platforms. You can also burn subtitles directly into your video for social media sharing.
Yes! Our editor lets you adjust when each subtitle appears and disappears. You can also split long subtitles, merge short ones, and fine-tune timing down to the millisecond.
Our free subtitle creator supports transcription in English. Sign up for Vidocu to access 65+ languages including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and many more.
Yes! Customize font size, color, background opacity, and position. When you export with burned-in subtitles, your styling is preserved exactly as you designed it.
Free users can create subtitles for videos up to 10 minutes long. Sign up for Vidocu to subtitle videos of any length with no restrictions.
The free version creates subtitles in the same language as your audio. For translated subtitles in other languages, sign up for Vidocu to access our AI translation feature.
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