Video caption generator
AI Caption Generator
Upload your video and Pictory writes the captions from the speech. Pick a style, fix any word and download.
- Captions timed to the voice
- Six caption styles, or your brand kit
- Edit the captions like a document
- Free trial, online in your browser
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What is an AI caption generator?
An AI caption generator turns the speech in a video into on-screen captions. In Pictory you upload the video, choose its language, and the AI transcribes the speech and adds captions timed to the voice. Pick a caption style, fix any word in the transcript and download.
A caption maker and an editor in one. The captions come from the transcript, so you edit the words like a document. Search and replace a name, take out the ums, and every caption updates.
Use it as a video captioner for training, marketing and social videos. To add captions step by step, see add captions to video; for subtitle files, the subtitle generator.
Transcript readyEnglish (US)
Captions onNavy Blue style
Your source, any format
Start with your video
Upload a video or audio file, or make one from a script. For the text on its own, use video transcription.
AI Video Editor
Upload a video. Pictory transcribes it and adds captions.
Audio to Video
Upload audio. Get visuals and captions on every line.
Video Transcription
Get the transcript of a video as text.
Text to Video
Paste a script. The captions follow the voiceover.
URL to Video
Drop in a link. Pictory writes the script and the captions.
PPT to Video
Your slides and notes, narrated and captioned.
How it works
How to generate captions with AI
To generate captions with AI, upload your video to Pictory and choose its language. Pictory transcribes the speech and opens the transcript editor with captions on the video. Fix any word, choose a caption style and the number of lines, then download the video with its captions.
Upload your video
MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 5 GB or 180 minutes.
Check the transcript
Fix any word. The captions update with it.
Choose a caption style
Pick a style, or apply your brand kit.
Download
The MP4 with captions, the subtitles and the transcript.
Features
AI caption generator features: styles, branding and editing
Styles
Caption styles from a library
Choose Navy Blue, Indigo Ink, Default, Sleek, Clean or Bold. Set the font, size and color, the background behind the words and the number of lines.
- Six caption styles
- One, two or three lines
- Top, center or bottom
Caption styleBold
Two linesBottom
Brand
Your brand kit on every caption
Apply your brand kit and the captions take its fonts and colors, with your logo on the video. Every video from the team looks like it came from the same place.
- Brand fonts and colors
- Your logo on the video
- Shared with your team
Edit
Edit your captions in the transcript
The captions come from the transcript. Fix a word, search and replace a name across the whole video, and remove filler words and silences in a click.
- Search and replace
- Filler words removed
- Silences removed
Search and replace12 changes
Captions updatedFiller words off
Captions or subtitles
Captions or subtitles?
Captions show the words on the video itself, in your style, and download as part of the MP4. Subtitles are the same words as separate files you can upload next to the video. Pictory makes both from one transcript. For subtitle files, see the subtitle generator.
More AI video features
Your complete AI video generation tool
AI avatars
Add a talking presenter, or a digital twin of you.
Captions
Accurate, synced captions in your brand style.
Translation
Captions and voiceover for every market.
Text editing
Edit the transcript to edit the video.
Team workspaces
Share projects and brand kits with your team.
API
Generate branded videos from your own product.
AI Studio
Create any image or video you need with generative AI
The latest image and video models, built into the editor. Generate it, then drop it straight into your scene.
Generate and edit images
Describe it, or edit an existing image with a prompt.
Keep characters consistent
Use reference images to keep the same person or product in every scene.
Create video clips with sound
Generate clips with audio. Yes, characters can talk.
Extend any clip
Keep any clip going with a new prompt, even one you uploaded.
✓Get four options at once
Generate up to four versions and keep the best one.
Stay on brand
Your brand kit’s colors guide every generation.
Choose your model
Pick a model for stills or 5 to 10-second clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
Use cases
Who is using AI caption generators?
TrainingCaptions for training videos
Caption every module so people can follow it with the sound off.
Social mediaCaptions for vertical videos
Add bold captions to a 9:16 video for feeds that play muted.
Why Pictory
Loved by creators, trusted by enterprise teams
From solo creators to global marketing teams. Read the case studies
4.6 / 5
Average rating on G2, plus Capterra’s Best Ease of Use award for 2025.
20,000+
companies and institutions creating video with Pictory.
SOC 2
and GDPR compliant, ready for enterprise security reviews
GDPR
Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
Read the Whirlybird Labs case study
“Pictory helps us consistently deliver the high-quality videos we’re known for, content we’re proud of and our clients are proud to use. They always get a five-star response.”
Read the VRC case study
“82% of our 10,000+ partners keep coming back to our training videos even though they aren’t mandatory courses. That’s how we know the content’s working.”
Read the AppDirect case study
“It increased subscriber growth by 78% and cut my video creation time from a couple of hours to a few minutes. It’s been a godsend.”
Read the NetRock case study
“Through Pictory videos, leads up by 500%, video production costs are down 90%.”
Read the Online Super Tutors case study
“We only launched our new app a few months ago and already have over 500 subscribers. People come back regularly to watch more videos made with Pictory.”
Read the Game of Yield case study
Compare
AI caption generator vs. video editing software
One 10-minute video, captioned two ways.
| Step | With Pictory | Traditional editing software |
|---|---|---|
| The words | Transcribed from the speech for you | Transcribed in a separate step, or typed |
| Timing | Each caption timed to the voice | Set on a timeline, line by line |
| Fixing a word | Edit the transcript and the caption updates | Find the caption on the timeline and retype it |
| Style | Pick a style, or apply your brand kit | Set fonts and colors in the caption settings |
| Filler words | Removed from the transcript and the video together | Cut by hand on the timeline |
| Download | An MP4 with captions, plus subtitle files | Exported with the project settings |
Video API
Make video at scale from your own product
Send text, links or slides to the Pictory API and get branded videos back, automatically.
POST /v1/video/storyboard
{
"videoName": "q3-update",
"scenes": [{ "text": "Q3 in 90 seconds..." }]
}Enterprise
Enterprise video at scale
Custom plans, onboarding and support for company-wide rollouts.
- SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
- Custom plans and personalized onboarding
- Shared brand kits and team workspaces
- Dedicated support
Upload the video to Pictory and choose its language. Pictory transcribes the speech and adds captions timed to the voice. Check the words, pick a style and download the video.
Yes. Pick a style from the library (Navy Blue, Indigo Ink, Default, Sleek, Clean or Bold), then change the font, size, color and background. Apply a brand kit and the captions take your brand fonts and colors.
Yes. The captions come from the transcript, so you edit the words like a document. Search and replace a name, fix a word or remove filler words, and the captions update.
You choose the language when you upload. Captions work in languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Hindi and Russian.
Yes. Download the video with the captions on it, the subtitles as files in a ZIP, or the transcript as text.
Yes. You can try Pictory’s AI caption generator on a free trial, online in your browser. The trial includes 50 AI credits, and videos downloaded on it carry a watermark. Paid plans start at $25 a month, billed annually.
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