# Captions

> AI-powered video editor that automates subtitles, cuts, and visual polish.

Captions is an automated video editor built primarily for talking-head and short-form video creators. It analyzes spoken footage to automatically remove pauses, generate styled animated subtitles, add zooms and B-roll, and fix eye contact. It also includes generative tools for AI avatars, voice translation, and audio denoising.

Website: https://captions.ai/

## What it is for

- Generate animated, styled captions for vertical video formats like Reels and Shorts
- Cut silences and filler words from raw talking-head footage automatically
- Correct gaze direction so it looks like you are looking directly into the camera
- Translate and dub spoken video into more than 100 languages

## Features

- Automatic styled subtitle generation with 100+ preset styles
- Automatic pause and filler-word removal
- AI eye contact correction for off-camera reading
- Automatic B-roll insertion, zooms, and scene cuts based on editing styles
- Background noise reduction and audio cleanup
- Video translation and multi-language subtitle dubbing
- AI twin cloning and digital avatar generation

## Pricing

Freemium. Free download with basic access; paid subscription required for full export and AI features.

## Details

- Type: Mobile app
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [Video Editing](https://xiry.app/topics/design/video-editing.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web, iOS, Android
- For: Content creators, social media marketers, and businesses producing short-form video.
- Alternative to: CapCut, Descript, Opus Clip
- Tags: video, captions, subtitles, editing, reels, shorts, ai video

## Why it was saved

- [@mike__ai, 23 May 2025](https://www.instagram.com/p/DKAB85ksvta/): Allows creators to turn raw mobile footage into polished Shorts and Reels in minutes with auto-silence removal, dynamic captions, zooms, and AI reframing.
- [@kenny.vers, 7 June 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKmlOl7oD_w/): Automates video editing, adds dynamic subtitles, and provides AI features for creators who don't know how to edit videos manually.
- [@benkaluza, 14 March 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMADPcs0Wj/): Generates realistic UGC-style AI avatar videos for marketing and content.
- [@nomadatoast, 10 February 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF42Q1DAE3V/): Allows creators to scale social media content creation from their smartphone without recording themselves every time, positioned as cheaper and faster than HeyGen.
- [@sebastien, 10 January 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEpnsk7sHT9/): Enables creators to produce realistic talking-head content directly from their phone without filming themselves, matching their exact tone and pacing using AI Echo.
- [@ilia.paliy, 12 June 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8GyApuS_Ms/): Enables creators and marketers to produce social media videos without appearing on camera or recording footage.
- [@marinamogilko, 28 September 2023](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxu074eswax/): Automatically corrects your eye gaze so you can read a script off-camera while maintaining direct eye contact with the viewer, and auto-generates animated subtitles.
- [@siliconvalleygirl, 29 September 2023](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxytYxuyZS8/): Allows you to read directly from an off-screen script while making it appear as though you are looking straight into the camera lens.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to CapCut](https://xiry.app/alternatives/capcut.md)
- [Alternatives to Descript](https://xiry.app/alternatives/descript.md)
- [Alternatives to Opus Clip](https://xiry.app/alternatives/opus-clip.md)

## Related

- [Submagic](https://xiry.app/resources/submagic): AI video editor for automated captions, B-roll, and short-form clips (Web app, Freemium)
- [Gling](https://xiry.app/resources/gling): AI video editor that cuts bad takes, silences, and filler words (Desktop app, Freemium)
- [VEED.IO](https://xiry.app/resources/veed-io): Browser-based video editor with automated AI trimming, subtitles, and eye tracking (Web app, Freemium)
- [4 Ways to Use AI in Reels and Video Editing](https://xiry.app/resources/4-ways-to-use-ai-in-reels-and-video-editing): Practical generative AI techniques for framing, decor, removal, and element replacement. (Tip, Free)
- [AI Set Dressing for Static Video](https://xiry.app/resources/ai-set-dressing-for-static-video): Workflow for adding virtual props and decor to locked-off footage (Tip, Free)
- [AutoPod](https://xiry.app/resources/autopod): Adobe Premiere Pro plugins that automate multi-camera and podcast video editing. (Desktop app, Paid)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/captions

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