Karaoke word highlight
Each word lights up as it's spoken — the caption style that defines TikTok and Reels. Words are timed across every line automatically, and the preview is the export, pixel for pixel.
Features
Everything ClipCaptioner does — honestly labelled
If a feature is here without a "coming" tag, it works today, in your browser. If it's tagged, it's on the public roadmap — we'd rather show our homework than sell you a promise.
Captions — the reason we exist
Caption track editor
Add, edit and delete timed caption lines. Tap a line to jump the playhead to it. Retiming is a number change, not a wrestling match.
Tap-along timing
Type your lines, press play, and tap to stamp each line's start and end as you hear it. The fastest way to caption a video by hand — and it always works, on any device.
SRT in, SRT out — free
Import an existing .srt file to start from, and download your finished captions as .srt for YouTube or anywhere else. Caption files are free here — the big editors charge for this.
Speech-recognition captions
Where your browser offers built-in speech recognition (Chrome does), dictate captions while the video plays and we stamp the timings for you. Availability depends on your browser — the manual paths always work.
On-device AI transcription Phase 2
Automatic speech-to-text that runs entirely on your device with word-level timestamps — no uploads, no minute allowance. In active development.
The editor
Precision trim
Set start and end to a tenth of a second, or stamp them from the playhead. The preview loops your trimmed range so you hear exactly what will export.
WYSIWYG canvas preview
The preview is rendered by the same engine that exports. What you see — captions, framing, background — is literally what you get.
Every format
9:16 for TikTok and Reels, 1:1 for feeds, 16:9 for YouTube, or keep the source framing. Vertical crops get a blurred-fill background or clean black — your choice.
Watermark-free export
Exports render on your device at up to full source resolution, with the original audio kept. No watermark on any plan, at any size, ever.
One-button Auto-Edit Phase 2
Upload and done: silences cut, the strongest moment moved to the front as the hook, karaoke captions applied, vertical reframe ready. Every change reviewable before you export.
Chat-style AI editing Phase 2
"Remove the silences." "Make it 30 seconds." "Vertical for TikTok." Plain-language commands that execute real edits on the timeline — undoable, always.
How we stack up
The free tiers of the big editors, next to ours. Their limits are the reason this site exists.
| On the free plan | VEED | ClipCaptioner |
|---|---|---|
| Watermark on exports | Yes — on every free export | Never, on any plan |
| Export quality | 720p | Up to full source resolution |
| Auto-caption allowance | ~10 minutes / month | No minute cap (on-device) |
| Caption file (.srt) download | Paid plans only | Free |
| Sign-in required to edit | Effectively yes | No — optional, with Skip |
| Where your footage goes | Uploaded to their cloud | Nowhere — stays on your device |