How VideoText works

Watch one real file go through Transcript, Subtitles, Translation and Fix in about 17 seconds of video. Processing time is sped up and labelled.

Silent walkthrough recorded on videotext.io. Waiting time is sped up and marked in the video.

  1. Upload
  2. Transcript
  3. Subtitles
  4. Translation
  5. Fix
  6. Export

Step by step

The same interview clip, start to finish. Every excerpt below is the real output from the recorded run.

  1. Upload

    Upload a video or audio file

    Choose a file from your computer. The walkthrough uses a short two-voice interview clip.

    In the video at 0:00

    Upload on the homepage
  2. Transcript

    Get a transcript

    Pick Video to Transcript. You get the spoken words as plain text you can read, edit and download.

    In the video at 0:02

    Open Video to Transcript
    interview.txtFull file
    So how long did your first file take? About a minute. I uploaded the interview, and the subtitles were ready. Did you have to fix anything? Just one name. Then I downloaded the SRT.
  3. Subtitles

    Get timed subtitles

    Pick Video to Subtitles. You get an SRT or VTT file where each line has a start and end time that matches the speech.

    In the video at 0:05

    Open Video to Subtitles
    interview.srtFirst 3 of 6 cues
    1
    00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:02,270
    So how long did your first file take?
    
    2
    00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:03,680
    About a minute.
    
    3
    00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,700
    I uploaded the interview, and the
    subtitles were ready.
  4. Translation

    Translate the subtitles

    Pick Translate Subtitles and choose a language. The text changes and the timestamps stay the same. Here the English file becomes Spanish.

    In the video at 0:08

    Open Translate Subtitles
    interview.srt → interview.es.srtFirst 3 of 6 cues
    English1
    00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:02,270
    So how long did your first file take?
    
    2
    00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:03,680
    About a minute.
    
    3
    00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,700
    I uploaded the interview, and the
    subtitles were ready.
    Español1
    00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:02,270
    ¿Cuánto tiempo te llevó tu primer archivo?
    
    2
    00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:03,680
    Sobre un minuto.
    
    3
    00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,700
    Subí la entrevista y los subtítulos
    estaban listos.
  5. Fix

    Fix a messy subtitle file

    Pick Fix Subtitles and upload an SRT that has problems. You get back a clean file that is easier to read. In this run it fixed:

    • Two overlapping cues
    • A 55-character line, re-wrapped onto two lines
    • Cues that were too fast to read, made longer
    • Cue numbering
    • A stray blank line and leading spaces

    In the video at 0:11

    Open Fix Subtitles
    interview-messy.srt → interview-fixed.srtFirst 3 cues

    Before: overlapping, hard-to-read subtitles / After: clean, readable subtitles

    Before1
    00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:02,950
    So how long did your   first file take?
    
    3
    00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:03,680
    About a minute.
    
    4
    00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:07,400
    I uploaded the interview, and the subtitles were ready.
    After1
    00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:02,760
    So how long did your   first file take?
    
    2
    00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:03,680
    About a minute.
    
    3
    00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:07,100
    I uploaded the interview, and
    the subtitles were ready.
  6. Export

    Download your file

    Download the finished file as SRT, VTT or TXT. Transcripts can also be saved as DOCX, PDF, JSON or CSV.

    In the video at 0:15

    Try it on your own file

What else it does

Put captions into the video itself with Burn Subtitles. Clean up an existing transcript with Fix Transcript, or format it to a client style guide with Guideline Format. Shrink a large file before you upload or share it with Compress Video. For quick jobs like converting SRT to VTT, there are 21 free browser tools.

Questions

Is the video sped up?

Yes. Waiting time is sped up, and the video marks each part where that happens. How long processing takes depends on the size and length of your file.

What formats can I download?

Subtitles download as SRT or VTT, and text as TXT. Transcripts can also be saved as DOCX, PDF, JSON or CSV.

How many languages does it support?

You can transcribe in 50+ languages and translate subtitles into 69.

Is it free to try?

Yes. The Free plan takes files up to 30 minutes. Sign up free to download your file. Pro is $14.99 a month or $120 a year, with files up to 4 hours for transcripts and subtitles.

Try it on your own file

Free to try. Sign up free to download your file.

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