Auto-caption tools listen to the audio, so they cannot help when the subtitles are part of the picture. SubtitleVideo reads the burned-in text frame by frame, gives it back as a timed SRT file and translates it to English or 80+ other languages.
Text that was only pixels becomes subtitles you can edit, search, translate and re-use.
1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,450 我们明天早上八点出发。 We leave at eight tomorrow morning. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,100 别忘了带护照。 Don't forget your passport.
Three steps, no software to install.
MP4, MKV, MOV, WebM and other formats. Long episodes and full movies are fine.
The language of the burned-in text (for example Chinese) and the language you want (for example English). Keep “Subtitles only” to skip logos and watermarks.
Get the original and the translated subtitles as SRT or VTT, with the original timing. Fix lines in the Subtitle Studio if you want.
OCR reads pixels. A 720p or 1080p file gives clearly better text than a small re-compressed copy, especially for Chinese and Japanese characters with many strokes.
Choose the language you want to read as the source language. If the video already shows English under the Chinese line, you can extract the English line directly instead of translating.
Machine translation is good at everyday dialogue, less so at names, puns and slang. Open the result in the Subtitle Studio to fix a few lines before you publish, or ask us for a human-checked translation.
Reading burned-in text uses 2 minutes of credit for each minute of video ($15 for 120 minutes of credit). 40 free minutes when you verify your email, no card needed.
Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean, English, Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, Russian, Spanish and most other written languages. Choose the language of the burned-in text when you upload: it helps the text recognition.
English and 80+ other languages. Pick the translation language in the same form. You can also translate the SRT file later, for free, with the Subtitle Translator.
Yes. You get the subtitles in the original language with their timing, and the translated version, both as SRT or VTT.
Yes, with the Subtitle Remover: draw a box over the subtitle area and download a clean video, then add your translated subtitles on top.
On clear subtitles in a 720p or better video, most lines come out right. Blurry, very small or stylised text, and text over busy backgrounds, gives more mistakes. Try a short clip with the free minutes first.
Reading burned-in text uses 2 minutes of credit per minute of video, about $0.25 per video minute. You pay once for credit, there is no subscription.
Yes. Our human-reviewed service fixes the recognised text and the translation by hand. Request a quote with a sample clip.
Uploaded videos are deleted automatically after 7 days. Your subtitle files stay in your account.
40 free minutes when you verify your email. No credit card needed.
Extract & translate subtitles