Subtitles: the speech from your clip as text on screen

1How to make subtitles

1. Open the clip

   In Studio open a finished clip full screen — in the “My generations” feed or in a project.

2. Press “Subtitles”

   In the Actions bar at the top of the viewer. The “Subtitles” window opens.

3. Choose what to do

   The “What to do” block has two options: Burn into the video (selected at once) — the subtitles become part of the picture; .srt file only — you get only the text files and the video is not changed.

4. Choose the speech language

   In the “Speech language” block: Detect automatically (selected at once), Russian, English, Spanish, German or French. If you know the language, specify it — it is more reliable.

5. Choose the style

   The “Subtitle style” block appears only when burning in: Box, Large with outline (selected at once) or Yellow.

6. Check the price and press “Make subtitles”

   The button reads “Make subtitles · …” and the price — for example “less than 1 token”. While it works, the button says “Recognising speech…”, and the window does not close with Esc or a click outside.

A hint is shown under the choice. When burning in: “A new subtitled clip will appear in your feed; the original stays as it is. You can also download the .srt file”. For the file: “An .srt file works with YouTube, Reels and any video editor”.

2Three looks of subtitles

• Box — small text on a dark backing: neat and does not fight with the picture.
• Large with outline — large bold white text with a black outline, readable on any background. This look is selected by default.
• Yellow — bold yellow text with a black outline, familiar from clips for social networks.

The look applies only to burned-in subtitles: .srt and .vtt files contain only text and time, and the look in them is set by the player or editor.

3What you get

When everything is ready, the window shows “Done. The subtitled clip has been added to your feed” (when burning in) or “Done. Download the subtitle file” (if you chose the file). The buttons in the result window:

• Open the clip — opens the clip with the burned-in subtitles; it is already in your feed as a separate entry.
• .srt — downloads a subtitles.srt file, the most common format: it works with YouTube, Reels and any video editor.
• .vtt — downloads a subtitles.vtt file (a format for the web and players).

The original clip stays unchanged: the burned-in subtitles live in the new entry. The .srt and .vtt files are available in both modes. If you also need the speech translated into another language, that is a separate feature: translating a clip.

4How much it costs

The price is calculated by clip length: speech recognition costs about $0.013 a minute (but not less than $0.01), and burning into the picture adds another $0.01. Studio finds out the length of your file and shows the sum before you start. While the sum is under $0.025, the button says “less than 1 token”: that is about a minute of clip with burning in, or almost two minutes for an .srt file.

5Restrictions

• Clip length — no more than 60 minutes; for longer ones the screen replies “The clip is too long for this action”.
• The window has five speech languages (Russian, English, Spanish, German, French) plus automatic detection. If the speech is in another language, try “Detect automatically”, but quality is not guaranteed in that case.
• You can have at most 3 subtitle jobs running at once.
• The subtitle text cannot be edited in the window: typos can be fixed only in the downloaded .srt file in a video editor.
• For burned-in subtitles the clip is rebuilt, so burning in can take longer than getting just an .srt file.

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