Type captions on the video in any language or script. Add a column for Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, isiZulu, Amharic or another African language and type the translation next to each line. Automatic captions and AI translation are coming soon.
Video: Candy speaking Malagasy by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0. Captions from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA.
Makes a first draft from the speech in the language you choose. It has no punctuation and accuracy varies, so check every line. Free accounts get 60 minutes a month. Plans
YouTube and the big editing tools auto-caption very few African languages. Here you can caption and translate in any of them by hand.
Type captions by hand in any language or script, timed right on the video.
Add a column for each language and type the translation next to each caption. Every timecode stays in place.
Download the .srt and send it to a fluent speaker, then type their lines into the column.
For documentaries, NGOs, newsrooms and classrooms. Captioning by hand runs entirely in your browser.
Paste a YouTube, Vimeo, Rushes, Dropbox or Drive link, or choose a video file from your computer. It loads right here, ready to play.
Hit play. Press S and E to mark when each line starts and ends, type it, and it appears on the video instantly.
Add a column for another language and type the translation beside each line. Download a clean .srt or .vtt for each one.
Type captions and translations in any language or script. Translation columns come ready for the 40 African languages below, plus English, French, Portuguese, Arabic and a few others.
Automatic captions and AI translation drafts are coming soon.
Paste a link or choose a file and start in seconds. Captioning by hand needs no account and nothing to install.
