Observed arrival · 2026-11-14
Captionshaper keeps video captioning on your computer
A free desktop app for Mac and Windows that transcribes video into word-timed captions, lets you edit and style them, then exports subtitle files or a captioned MP4.
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- Video makers adding captions to short-form clips
- Worth noticing
- The phone-view preview shows where TikTok, Reels, and Shorts place their interface buttons.
Field notes
Editing tools include find and replace, split, merge, undo, and saved edits; uncertain words are underlined. The site describes line breaks at sentence and clause ends, avoiding breaks after short words or across long pauses. Its reported accuracy tests use clips with known scripts in English, Spanish, and German, and the FAQ notes that noisy audio and strong accents can produce more mistakes.
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