Animated Auto Captions, Generated From Your Audio
Captions decide whether a muted viewer keeps watching. Clipus generates auto captions with AI transcription, times them word by word, and burns them into your vertical clips in your chosen style — no manual subtitling, no separate captioning app.
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How do AI auto captions work in Clipus?
Clipus transcribes your video with Whisper, a speech-to-text engine that produces word-level timestamps. Those timestamps drive the caption animation: each word appears in sync with the audio as it is spoken. You pick a caption style, preview it over the clip, and Clipus burns the captions into the final video during export.
Because the captions come from a real transcript rather than guesswork, they stay accurate even in fast conversation — and you can export the same transcript as a standard .srt subtitle file.
- Word-by-word timing synced to the audio
- Multiple caption styles to match your brand
- Live preview before you export
- Export subtitles separately as .srt
Why do animated captions matter for shorts?
Most short-form video on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels is watched with the sound off, at least at first. Animated captions keep those viewers engaged: they make the hook readable in the first second and give the eye something to follow. Clips with burned-in captions consistently retain muted viewers better than clips without them.
Do the captions run in the cloud?
No — transcription can run fully offline with local Whisper, and caption rendering always happens on your machine with ffmpeg. If you prefer faster cloud transcription, plug in your own OpenAI or Groq API key; only the audio goes to that provider, never through Clipus servers.
Built on: whisper.cpp (open-source speech-to-text)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are AI auto captions accurate?
Clipus captions come from a Whisper transcription with word-level timestamps, which is highly accurate for clear speech. You can review the full transcript before export and the captions inherit any corrections.
Can I style the captions?
Yes. Pick a caption style in the Captions step and preview it over your clip before exporting. The captions are burned into the video, so they look identical on every platform.
Can I get subtitles as a file instead?
Yes — export the transcript as a standard .srt file and upload it to YouTube or any platform that accepts subtitle files.
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