How to make closed captions, subtitles and transcriptions efficiently We know it may be tough to make time to to research the best free captioning tool options available for free users, so we’ve done the heavy lifting to help you make a good choice. So as part of our criteria, we’ve limited our list to dependable tools that have been around for free for at least a year. It’s inconvenient to have to change captioning workflows and redo the process of learning the ins and outs of a different subtitle editor because a new subtitling tool went behind a paywall. This can be a frustrating experience and something to be aware of when choosing a captioning tool. There is a fair number of free captioning and subtitling softwares and tools available online, but not many that stay free.
Published by Shao Chieh Lo, updated by Stella Tran and Shao Chieh Lo on August 13, 2021.Īdding captions and subtitles to video content has a lot of benefits to both audiences and content creators in terms of accessibility and SEO, but, as video captioners, we all know the process of creating captions is not always easy.īy choosing the video subtitling softwares, tools or editors that best fit your needs and working style, you can save a lot of effort and energy to complete your captions and subtitles in a shorter amount of time.
