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Subtitles & Captions

AI subtitling and closed captioning services.

Try an effective and simple subtitling solution. Improve the accessibility of your content by providing accurate, high-quality subtitles and captions.

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Add subtitles to video

Add subtitles & closed captions (CC) to video.

No need for big budgets or to spend time on training.

Generate subtitles for videos with AI. Subly's AI speech recognition will do the heavy lifting, so you can focus on making subtitle edits and creating closed captions. You wouldn’t share a video without image or sound. So why leave out the text?

Captions (CC / OC) and subtitles help to get the attention of those with sound off, deaf or hard of hearing. Making sure they can understand your content, whilst engagement soars too.

Best way for subtitling & captioning videos.

Automatically add highly accurate subtitles or captions to a video in over 30 languages and dialects. Or let professional transcribers create 99% accurate subtitles and closed captions for you in English.

Subtitle best practices (BBC, Netflix, Ted), custom vocabulary...

Subtitles should be part of every video content workflow. But it really doesn't need to take much time or knowledge of video editing tools.

We made it simple so you can get accessible content for anyone with sound turned off, without needing huge budgets or years of training.

Generate subtitles online

Add subtitles to video with AI subtitle generator.

Upload your file online and put subtitles on video in minutes. Automatic subtitle generator uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make subtitles with close-to-perfect accuracy, so you still have control to edit and style them, but don’t have to be delayed by a human.

Apply best practices for formatting subtitles (BBC, Netflix, Ted) or add your own custom characters per line (CPL) or characters per second (CPS) settings.

Use the subtitle editor or timeline to change timestamps, replace words, or include speakers in your video or transcription files.

Include closed captions in your videos.

Include closed captions (CC) in videos for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing and allow them to understand your media content by reading the dialogue and non-verbal sound effects.

Stay compliant with accessibility standards and ensure that your content is accurately transcribed, capturing every word and nuance with precision.

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Subtitle formatting, editing and styling.

In a few simple steps change the colour, font and position of your subtitles. Once you’ve made the changes once, save your template to use time and time again. Capture more attention and show your brand.

  • Change the font, colour and position of subtitles

  • Add your logo, text and brand colours

  • Save your style as a template

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Create clips for social

Safe zones for subtitling social media clips.

Subtitle your videos and create clips for internal or external sharing with automatic safe zones for mobile devices.

Or resize your video in one click for different social media platforms: YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok... Keep your workflow simple and repurpose for different channels. Help those with sound off to watch your videos in full.

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My team love using Subly to save time and repurpose my video content for different platforms.
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Ali Abdaal

Over 15,000 businesses are already on it.

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"Subly's platform became the catalyst for our transformation. We revamped our strategy by introducing on-demand videos, now accessible in all UN languages and Portuguese, thereby breaking down linguistic barriers and opening our doors to a wider audience."
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Enhanced efficiency. Global reach. Elevated accessibility.
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Be part of creating a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable society.

With your audiences spending hours each day watching and listening media content, the media accessibility is a key aspect in creating inclusivity and equality.

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Accessibility

Be part of an inclusive, diverse, and equitable society. By building diverse and inclusive media content ensure that all people can access and benefit from your content.

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Awareness

Raise awareness and understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. Everyone, regardless of their abilities, should have equal opportunities.

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Inclusivity and diversity

Ensure that people with diverse abilities can equally enjoy and understand your media content. Promote a sense of belonging and inclusion within society.

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Accessibility teams

Subtitle, caption, transcribe, translate and provide audio descriptions for their media content.

Helping their audience to engage with inclusive videos and reaching global accessibility standards (ADA, EAA, WCAG).

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Learning & development teams

Automate multi-language subtitles, generate SRTs and burn captions in video. Get more accessible content out the door faster.

Accessibility Compliance: Subtitles, Closed Captions, Audio Descriptions, Audio Transcription

Is your business inclusive?

Find out if your videos are compliant with ADA , EAA or WCAG  standards and accessible for people with disabilities.

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Compliance teams

Use Subly to ensure compliance with multiple standards and regulations (EAA, WCAG, ADA, 508).

Training & internal communication teams

Edit, translate, and subtitle videos to increase engagement & reach. Reduce the production timeline and create multiple language versions for accessible video training.

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Boost accessibility, user experience, and engagement.

By adding subtitles to your videos, you’ll capture the attention of those watching without sound or who are deaf or hard of hearing. On Facebook alone 85% of all video content is watched without sound.

Want to stop the scroll? Put subtitles to make your video content accessible to more people. Reach more of your audience and give your content the views it deserves.

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Elevated accessibility

Improve accessibility for viewers with hearing impairments. Help users who aren't fluent in the spoken language or have difficulty understanding accents or speech patterns.

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Enhanced experience

Enhance the experience for viewers who prefer to read along with the audio. Reading and hearing simultaneously can improve understanding of your video content.

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Improved engagement

Increase engagement by adding subtitles and getting the attention of those scrolling with sound off. Subtitles can make viewers feel more connected to the characters and story.

Put subtitles on video and access other accessibility tools

Discover other tools to pair with the auto subtitle generator to maximise your content and reach new audiences.

Subtitle translator, 100+ languages

Make your video or audio content accessible to people all over the world.

  • Generate separate closed caption files for all translated languages

  • Up to 98% accuracy in speech recognition and it keeps improving with each passing day

  • Pick between the subtitle mode for easy and accurate time-stamping, and plain text mode for effortless repurposing of your transcript

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Subtitle audio files

Subtitle audio or convert audio to video with an image and subtitles.

  • Share of traffic from video-based platforms

  • Grow your follower base by recycling your most engaging contentin new formats

  • Increase traffic, views, and authority by making your content more accessible

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Audio transcription

Transcribe audio to text easily with AI or professional transcribers.

  • Save hours of content creation work with AI speech-to-text transcription

  • Include speakers and non-verbal sounds

  • Get audio or video transcripts in different formats: TXT, SRT and VTT

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API Transcription

Better efficiency with API. Integrate the power of Subly's AI in your internal environment.

  • Increase your business’s efficiency

  • Export in multiple different sizes

  • Seamless and secure experience for your users or internal teams

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Subtitle editor

No need for complex tools. Make quick edits online.

  • Add text to your videos

  • Type and edit the subtitles and closed captions

  • Synchronise and shift subtitles

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Audio description

Ensure that no one misses out on the visual elements of your content.

  • Provide narrated video description

  • Create concise & timed audio descriptions

  • Help people with low or no vision understand your content

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Why users love Subly subtitles & captions?

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Captions used to take 2 hours and now it takes 2 minutes. Subly has saved me countless hours.
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