Add Subtitles to Video in 2025: Fast & Accurate Captions

How to Add Subtitles to Video Without Extra Hassle

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Upload your video for transcription
Start by bringing your video into a project. The tool automatically generates a transcript so you can breeze through editing without messing around with waveforms or timelines.
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Review and refine your transcript
Make quick corrections or remove “um” and “uh” for a cleaner transcript. No advanced editing skills needed—just fix the text, and the audio and video stay in sync.
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Export subtitles or embed them
When you’re finished editing, export your subtitles as .SRT or .VTT files to upload on streaming platforms, or burn them into the video to create baked-in captions.

Why add subtitles to video?

Reach a broader audience
Expand your accessibility by catering to viewers with hearing impairments or those watching with the sound off. Subtitled videos do better with global audiences, too.
Boost engagement & SEO
Subtitles keep more viewers from scrolling past your video, improving retention. They also give search engines more text to crawl, so your content is easier to find.
No guesswork required
Accurate timestamps, speaker labels, and custom text styling—everything you need to seamlessly add subtitles to video in minutes. Just hit export and go.

Beyond a basic way to add subtitles to video

Here’s why it’s more than just a caption tool.

Automatic multi-language support
Transcribe and subtitle in 20+ languages—great if your content spans across borders.
Collaborate in real time
Invite team members to review, edit, or comment on subtitles right in the project. No more scattered email threads.
Flexible exporting
Export both hard-coded and standalone subtitle files, ready for YouTube, Vimeo, or social media.
AI text corrections
Automatically detect filler words and remove them in one click, bridging the gap between raw footage and polished final content.

Don’t just take our word for it

With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video and podcasting world.

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“With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.”

Donna B.

“With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page much faster and with high quality.”

Balázs N.

“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”

Barbara C.

“Descript makes recording and editing audio and video a breeze. It's advanced features have streamlined my workflows, saving me a lot of time usually spent editing.”

Roderick F.

“The collaborative tools streamline teamwork, allowing my team and me to work efficiently together on projects. Overall, Descript enhances productivity and simplifies the editing process.”

Aldrich M.

“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”