Motion timed to each word
Words pop, build or light up at the instant they're spoken, because every one carries its own timestamp.
A Happy Scribe alternative for captions people watch, not just read.
On social video, captions are part of the picture. AutoCap makes them move with the voice and look like your brand.
No credit card · 2 free minutes every month · MP4, SRT and VTT export
Happy Scribe is a transcription and subtitling platform: transcripts and subtitles made by AI or by human professionals, translation into many languages, a subtitle editor, and export in a long list of file formats.
For interviews, research, broadcast and multilingual releases, that's exactly the toolkit. Short social video asks something else of captions: not just the right words, but big, bold text that moves with the speaker and holds attention on mute.
AutoCap is built for that. The words still have to be right, so every one is editable and timed, but the result is a caption designed to be watched as much as read.
Captions designed to be watched
A few of the editor's styles, playing in your language: single words, a line that builds, and highlights that follow the voice.
Captions as part of the look.
Emphasis where the meaning is
Recolor the word that carries the sentence, or give it the whole frame, so the point lands visually as well as aloud.
Burned in, ready to post
The captioned MP4 renders in your browser at up to 2K and plays the same on every platform, with no player settings involved.
Files still included
Paid plans also download SRT, VTT and TXT from the same corrected transcript, for YouTube, LinkedIn or an archive.
From transcript to watchable captions in four steps.
- 01
Upload the clip
Add a short MP4 or MOV made for social, up to 60 seconds free or 5 minutes on a paid plan.
- 02
Make the words right
Proofread the AI transcript, since big animated text makes every slip obvious.
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Design the captions
Pick a style, set the colors and emphasis, and place the captions where the platform's buttons won't cover them.
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Render or download
Export the burned-in MP4, or a subtitle file as well on a paid plan.
When Happy Scribe is the better fit
If you need a transcript checked by a human professional, subtitles translated into other languages, hour-long recordings, or broadcast formats beyond SRT and VTT, a transcription and subtitling platform does work AutoCap doesn't offer.
AutoCap transcribes with AI only, in the language that was spoken, and you do the proofreading. It's built for short clips headed for social feeds.
Subtitles for reading, captions for watching
Classic subtitles follow rules made for reading along: two short lines at the bottom of the frame, a calm typeface, enough time on screen to finish each line. Films, courses and interviews still suit them best.
Social captions follow the attention instead: a few words at a time, large and near the middle of a vertical frame, moving with the voice. The same transcript can become either, and it helps to decide which one a video needs before styling it.
Good to know.
Does AutoCap offer human transcription?
No. AutoCap's transcripts come from speech recognition, and you correct them in the editor before exporting.
Which subtitle files can I download?
SRT, VTT and a plain-text TXT transcript, on any paid plan.
Can AutoCap handle long recordings?
Each clip can be up to 5 minutes long on a paid plan. AutoCap is built for short-form video rather than full-length recordings.
Is there a free Happy Scribe alternative?
AutoCap is free to start, with 2 minutes of transcription a month for clips up to 60 seconds; free exports carry a small watermark.
Is AutoCap affiliated with Happy Scribe?
No. Happy Scribe is made by another company and appears here only to compare the two.
Try it on the next video you post.
The free plan needs no card. Upload a clip, check the captions yourself, and only upgrade when you want the watermark gone.