Subtitle Generator FAQ

MP4 video and MP3, WAV, and M4A audio. If your source is in a different format, convert it with the EditCrafted Media Converter first, then upload the result.

SRT (SubRip Subtitle) is a plain-text subtitle format with timestamps. Each entry has a start time, an end time, and the line of text shown on screen. Read our full SRT explainer.

Yes. For a video the audio track is read out and transcribed. For an audio file the same speech-recognition step runs directly on the audio.

Yes — the maximum upload size is 100 MB per file. If your file is larger, trim or compress it first, or re-encode it at a lower bitrate with the Media Converter.

Most files take seconds to a few minutes, depending on file length and current server load. Short clips of one to two minutes typically finish very quickly.

Yes. In YouTube Studio: Subtitles → Add → Upload file → With timing, then pick the .srt. See the YouTube subtitle guide for the full walkthrough.

Those platforms don't ship a separate subtitle track on short-form video. Most creators burn captions directly into the video instead. For that workflow use Captions AI; the tool on this site is best for traditional sidecar .srt files.

Yes. Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut, and most other modern editors have a Captions or Subtitles panel with an Import SRT option. The lines appear on the timeline and can be restyled, retimed, or burned into your export.

Absolutely. An .srt file is plain text. Open it in any text or code editor, or edit it inside your video editor's subtitle panel. We recommend reviewing the file once before publishing.

Accuracy depends on audio quality, accent, background noise, and specialized vocabulary. Clean studio recordings get very good results. For publishable work we always recommend a quick read-through and correction of proper nouns and brand names.

The UI currently exposes English, Hebrew, and auto-detect. Auto-detect works for a range of other languages with clearly recorded speech, but for production work we suggest picking a specific language when you know it in advance.

If your audio is clean and clearly in one language, picking the language explicitly usually gives the best result. Auto-detect is a good fallback when you're not sure or when the file mixes short greetings in another language.

Yes. Once your .srt is returned to your browser, our backend automatically deletes both the uploaded source file and the generated subtitle file. We don't keep a user-facing copy of your media.

We don't recommend it. Anything uploaded over the internet leaves your device, so highly sensitive material (legal, medical, confidential business meetings) should generally not be sent to any online tool, including this one. For everyday creator workflows it is well-suited.

No. The subtitle generator is free to use without signing up. We don't ask for an email or any personal information to produce your .srt.

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Most social-video views happen on mute, captioned videos are more accessible, and platforms tend to recommend them more often because they hold attention longer. See Why subtitles improve video accessibility for the full picture.

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