--- title: "AI Caption Generator: burned-in, word by word | Cliplala" canonical_url: "https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-caption-generator" summary: "Word-level captions with the active word lit, burned into every short. Ten styles, verbatim transcript, no caption file to manage. 60 minutes free." --- # AI caption generator that burns the words into the short > Every short Cliplala makes carries captions rendered into the file: word by word, the current word lit, in one of ten styles. No SRT to upload, nothing for a viewer to switch on. ## How do I use the AI caption generator? The captions come from a verbatim, word-timed transcript of the whole source, made once per file. Ten presets, from a plain sans to a bold outlined block. The style is applied at render, so changing it is a re-render, not a re-edit. The words are part of the picture. Queue the shorts to 10+ platforms and they read the same everywhere. Start at https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-caption-generator: paste a link, or drop the video, press "Caption my shorts", and the first 60 minutes of video are free with no card. ## What are the steps? 1. **Upload the video.** The captions come from a verbatim, word-timed transcript of the whole source, made once per file. 2. **Pick a style.** Ten presets, from a plain sans to a bold outlined block. The style is applied at render, so changing it is a re-render, not a re-edit. 3. **Shorts come back captioned.** The words are part of the picture. Queue the shorts to 10+ platforms and they read the same everywhere. ## What does it do? ### Word by word, with the current word lit The transcript is word-timed, so each word lights as it is said. It is not a block of subtitles fading in and out. Muted viewers read along at the speaker's pace. ### Burned in, so every platform shows the same thing A caption file is a thing a platform can ignore, mis-time or restyle. Rendered captions are pixels; TikTok, Reels and Shorts all show exactly what you saw in the preview. [The clipper this belongs to](https://cliplala.com/tools/long-video-to-short-video-converter) ### Placed where the platform will not cover them Each platform lays its own controls over the bottom and the right edge of a vertical video. Captions sit in the band that stays visible on all of them. ### Included on every plan Cliplala meters the video you upload, not the shorts it makes. Lite is $14 a month for 4 hours; Pro is $78 for 25. Every plan posts to 10+ platforms, and every plan from Starter up includes seats for a team. The first 60 minutes are free, with a small watermark on the clips; paid plans have none. [Full pricing](https://cliplala.com/#pricing) ## Who is it for? ### Podcasters: The quote, readable muted An interview clip is a line worth reading. The captions carry it word by word, with both hosts still in the frame. ### Vloggers: Your voice over a moving frame The tracker keeps you in the crop; the captions sit in the safe band and stay legible over any background. ### Reviewers: The verdict, in text, over the product The words sit below the product shot, lit as you say them, in the style you picked. ## What is included? - **Burned-in captions.** Word-level, active word highlighted, ten styles. Rendered into the file. - **Bad cuts dropped.** A short that starts or ends mid-thought does not reach you. - **Face tracking.** The crop follows the person, through cuts and camera moves. - **Ranked with reasons.** Every short says why it was picked, so you can disagree with it. - **Link or file.** Paste a YouTube link, or upload the file straight from your machine. - **Queue to 10+ platforms.** Post from the results page. No export step. - **Priced on hours.** Metered on source video. From $14 a month for 4 hours. - **60 minutes free.** No credit card. The free clips carry a small watermark; paid plans have none. ## What does it not do? - A fixed number of shorts. De-duplication and the coherence check drop shorts on purpose; a tight talk yields more than a rambling one. - A score that predicts views. Every short gets a rank and a written reason, and you can disagree with it. - A time. Long sources take longer; you see shorts as they finish. ## What else do people ask? ### How does the AI caption generator work? Cliplala makes a verbatim, word-timed transcript of your video once, then renders captions into every short it cuts: word by word, the current word lit, in the style you picked. There is no caption file to upload to a platform. ### Can I edit a caption before posting? Yes. Fix a word or change the style on the results page; the short re-renders with the change. ### Can I get captions without making shorts? Not as a separate tool. Captions are part of the shorts Cliplala makes; the generator is the clipper's caption step, not a standalone subtitle service. ### Which languages do the captions support? The transcript is verbatim in the language spoken; the captions show what was said, in that language. Translation is not part of this step. ### Can I download a caption file instead? The captions are rendered into the video. A separate SRT or VTT export is not part of this flow today. ### Is the AI caption generator free? Your first 60 minutes of source video are free with no credit card. Those shorts carry a small Cliplala watermark. Paid plans start at $14 a month for 4 hours of video and have no watermark. ### What can I upload? A YouTube link, or a file: mp4, mov, m4v, mkv or webm. Uploads go from your browser straight to private storage, so a long file does not have to pass through a form. ### Is my video used to train anything? No. Your uploads are used to make your shorts and for nothing else. Source files are deleted after 30 days; the shorts stay. ## Related tools - [Long video to short video converter](https://cliplala.com/tools/long-video-to-short-video-converter): Any long video in, ranked 9:16 shorts with captions out. - [AI clip maker](https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-clip-maker): Ranked clips with a reason for each pick, cropped and captioned. - [Podcast clip maker](https://cliplala.com/tools/podcast-clip-maker): Turn a two-hour episode into ranked shorts with both hosts in frame. - [AI shorts maker](https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-shorts-maker): Long video to vertical shorts, ranked and captioned, posted to Shorts and more. - [AI Reel generator](https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-reel-generator): Reels from footage you already have, captioned and queued to Instagram. - [YouTube to Shorts converter](https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-to-shorts): Paste a YouTube link, get ranked Shorts, queue them back to the channel. Caption this week's shorts 60 minutes free, no credit card. Words in the picture, every platform.