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Caption creation

Add subtitles to videos online

Upload a video, generate or import subtitles, review the timing, and export caption files or a burned-in video from one browser workflow.

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Best for

Editors, agencies, educators, institutions, and creators publishing spoken video.

Output paths

SRTVTTASSBurned-in video export

For accessibility delivery

Caption the work that carries a real accessibility requirement.

Captions make spoken video usable in more environments and for more people, whether or not a law applies. For regulated or procurement-led work, the important first step is identifying the client, service, audience, and delivery standard instead of assuming every video has the same legal obligation.

The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025 to specified products and services, including areas such as e-commerce, banking, electronic communications, and passenger transport. It is not a blanket rule that every EU video must be captioned, and microenterprises providing services are generally exempt.

In the United States, the DOJ Title II web and mobile rule phases in WCAG 2.1 Level AA deadlines for state and local governments on 26 April 2027 or 26 April 2028, depending on population and entity type. The FCC deadline on 17 August 2026 concerns readily accessible caption-display settings for covered apparatus and multichannel video programming distributors; it is not a universal video-caption mandate.

Delivery checklist

  • Confirm the required caption format, language, and publishing surface with the client.
  • Human-review names, technical terms, timing, line breaks, and speaker meaning.
  • Check readability and placement over representative bright, dark, and busy scenes.
  • Deliver SRT or VTT when captions must remain selectable, and a burned-in version when captions must always be visible.
  • Validate the final deliverable against the client's legal, procurement, or platform requirements.

CutCaption supports caption production and review. It does not certify that a service, website, or video meets every legal or procurement requirement; confirm the applicable standard with the client or qualified counsel.

EU: European Accessibility Act overview US DOJ: Title II web rule dates US FCC: caption-display settings notice

The user problem

Adding subtitles often means jumping between transcription tools, spreadsheet-like editors, styling apps, and export utilities.

That handoff gets messy when captions need both accurate timing and a visual style that will survive the final export.

Why CutCaption fits

CutCaption keeps caption generation, subtitle import, timing edits, styling, preview, translation, and export in the same project.

Use AI captions as a first draft or bring your own subtitle file, then review the text against the video before publishing.

A simple workflow

  1. Create a project and upload the source video.
  2. Choose AI-generated subtitles or attach an existing subtitle file.
  3. For multi-speaker AI uploads on any plan, turn on Identify speakers.
  4. Review caption text, line breaks, and timing in the editor.
  5. Apply a global style and preview representative scenes.
  6. Export subtitle files or render the subtitles into the video.

Review note

AI-generated captions should be reviewed before export, especially for names, technical terms, punctuation, and fast speech.

Next step

Start with one video

Create a CutCaption project, prepare the captions, and decide whether the final delivery needs subtitle files or burned-in video.

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