Captions and subtitles are not the same
Captions serve viewers watching muted or with hearing loss. Subtitles translate speech for viewers who do not share the language. EzScribe produces either from the same transcript.
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Video Caption Translator
Paste a video link and turn spoken audio into translated captions. Export WebVTT for web players and social uploads, or copy caption text straight into your post.
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What a video caption translator does
It writes out what is said in a video and translates it into the caption text your viewers read — on a player, on a social post, or as an accessibility track.
WebVTT is what web players ask for
Browser video players read WebVTT natively, so a caption file in that format drops into a player without conversion.
Built for the web player
WebVTT is the caption format an HTML video element loads without any extra tooling.
SRT when the editor wants it
Editing software usually prefers SRT. Both come out of the same transcript.
Plain text for everything else
Export TXT when you want the wording with no timing attached at all.
Export captions as WebVTT, SRT or plain text
WebVTT comes first because that is what web players and most social uploads accept. The same captions are available timed or untimed.
WebVTT — the web caption track
The format HTML5 players expect, and the one most social platforms accept when you upload a caption file.
SRT — for editing software
For when the captions have to go back through an editor before the video ships.
Plain text — for the post itself
Caption text also fills descriptions, pinned comments and post copy, without rewatching the video.
How to translate video captions
Generate caption text from a public video's audio, translate it, and export the format your player or post needs.
Ways to use translated captions
Give viewers something to read whether they are watching muted, hard of hearing, or reading in another language.
Caption muted autoplay
Most social video starts without sound, so on-screen text decides whether the first few seconds land.
Support accessibility
Provide caption text for viewers with hearing loss, and proofread it before publishing rather than shipping a raw draft.
Run regional accounts
Post the same video to each market with captions in the language that market actually reads.
Reuse the text around the video
Caption text also fills descriptions, pinned comments and post copy without watching the video again.
Caption a video in 100+ languages
The caption language is detected automatically, so you choose only the language your audience reads. Export one version per market from the same video.
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
French
German
Portuguese
Arabic
Hindi
Russian
What this caption translator supports
Captions come from the spoken audio of a video you are allowed to process. Here is what that covers, and what it does not.
Supported
- Public video links you own or are authorized to process, whether or not the platform offers captions.
- Timed caption lines you can read and correct before anything is published.
- WebVTT, SRT and plain-text exports in 100+ languages.
Not supported
- Captions burned into the video image — EzScribe listens to the audio, it does not read text off the picture.
- Uploading an existing caption file to translate; start from a video link instead.
- Private, deleted or age-restricted videos, and live streams.
More transcription and translation tools
Pick the tool that matches your source: paste a link from a social platform, or translate a transcript, subtitle file, or caption.
Translate your captions now
Paste a video link you own or are authorized to process, and give every viewer something to read — muted, hard of hearing, or in another language.
Translate captionsVideo links · 100+ languages · WebVTT, SRT and text exports
Caption translator questions
Answers about captions versus subtitles, burned-in text, exports for web players, languages and accuracy.
Captions carry what is heard for viewers watching without sound or with hearing loss. Subtitles translate speech for viewers who do not share the language. EzScribe can produce either from the same transcript.
Paste a public video URL you own or are authorized to process, wait for the caption text, then pick the language you want it translated into.
No. EzScribe listens to the audio track rather than reading text off the picture, so burned-in captions are not detected. Anything spoken aloud is still transcribed and translated.
No. Caption text is generated from the audio, so it works even when the platform offers none and does not depend on auto-caption availability.
WebVTT for HTML5 players and web captions, SRT for editing software, and TXT for plain reading. The export follows the view you have open, original or translated.
More than 100, with the source language detected automatically from the caption text.
Accuracy depends on audio clarity and on machine translation, so proofread the text before using it for accessibility or publishing it to an audience.
Captions here are what viewers read on the post or player. The subtitle translator focuses on timed files for a video editing workflow, and the transcript translator on readable text.