English Subtitle Generator

Two ways to get English subtitles

English speech → English captions

Choose English. The speech is transcribed and timed into cues, with no translation step

Another language → English subtitles

Choose English for a video in Spanish, Japanese, Hindi or any other supported language; it is transcribed in its own language and translated

Both give you an SRT, a VTT, a timestamped transcript and plain text from the same run.

Why English captions are worth adding

Many people watch with the sound off, on phones, in offices and on public transport, and captions are what make a talking-head video work for them. Captions also make a video usable for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, and they give non-native speakers something to read along with when the accent or pace is hard to follow. English is the language speech recognition has seen most, so clear recordings come out with few errors; background music, crosstalk and people talking over each other cause more mistakes than accents do.

Captions, subtitles and SDH

The file contains the words that were spoken. It doesn't describe sounds, so cues like [applause], [door slams] or [music playing] aren't added, and speakers aren't named. If you need subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), add sound cues and speaker names in a subtitle editor afterwards. Captioning sound effects and music shows the usual conventions, and captions vs subtitles explains the terms.

Reading speed and line length

Each cue is one stretch of speech written as a single line, so a fast talker can produce a cue that is long to read. Common English guidelines suggest about 42 characters per line and two lines per cue. Most players wrap long lines on their own, but splitting an overlong cue in two at a natural pause reads better. Subtitle readability gives practical limits.

English subtitles on YouTube

Upload the SRT in YouTube Studio under Subtitles, choose English, and pick "With timing". Uploaded captions sit in the captions menu next to YouTube's automatic captions, and because you have checked them they are the better track to offer. For videos in another language, an English subtitle track opens the video to a much larger audience; YouTube captions and SEO covers what captions do and don't do for discovery.

What English subtitles cost

Subtitles cost 1 credit per minute with a 5-credit minimum per file, and the 100 free credits from signing in with Google cover 100 minutes. Top-ups are charged in Indian rupees at the day's exchange rate through Cashfree Payments (UPI, cards or netbanking), about ₹96 for 1,000 credits. No watermark is added.

Using the tool on this page

• The spoken language is detected automatically; you select the output language — the spoken language itself for an untranslated transcript, or another language for a translation. Files can be up to 2 hours long.
• Only the audio is sent for processing — the video stays on your device — and audio and text are deleted within 30 minutes of delivery (how files are protected).
• You can download a timestamped transcript, subtitles (SRT and VTT) and plain text. Every output, step and limit is explained on the subtitle generator page.