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Add subtitles to a video

Put subtitles into the picture itself, from a transcript made here or your own SRT file. They show on every app and every player.

Open a file

Pick a video or audio file, or drop one here. It stays on your device.

Or download a video first, then choose Make a GIF, clip or transcript.

How it works

  1. Open a file

    Open your video and make a transcript, or open an SRT file you have.

  2. Choose

    Choose Subtitles on video.

  3. Save

    Tap Add subtitles, then save the new MP4.

Burned in or separate?

Burned-in subtitles are part of the picture. Nobody can turn them off, and they show up everywhere, including Instagram, WhatsApp and TikTok, which do not read subtitle files. Most people watch short videos with the sound off, so captions keep them watching.

A separate SRT file is better for YouTube and for long videos, because viewers can switch it off and it can be translated. You can get both here: save the SRT from the transcript, and make the burned-in version too.

How they look

White bold text with a dark outline, near the bottom of the picture, in Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface designed to be easy to read. It stays readable on bright and dark footage.

Fix mistakes first

Speech recognition gets names and unusual words wrong. Save the SRT, correct it in any text editor, then open the corrected file here before making the video.

Questions

Which languages?
Any language in your own SRT file. Transcripts made here are English only for now.
Does it change the video quality?
The picture is re-encoded to draw the text into it. The difference is hard to see on a phone; the sound is copied unchanged.
Is it free?
Yes. The editor does not use DropVid credits.

More tools: Video to GIF, Video to MP3, Make a video vertical, Video to text, Save a frame from a video.

Updated 13 October 2026.