39 languages, timed word by word
From English, Spanish and German to Lithuanian, Hungarian and Greek, every language gets a start and end time on every word.
A Kapwing alternative built around Europe's languages.
Captions in the language that was spoken, timed word by word, with guidance on the letters and spelling traps of each language.
No credit card Β· 2 free minutes every month Β· MP4, SRT and VTT export
Kapwing is a browser-based video editor built for teams: a shared workspace where people edit together in real time, comment on the timeline and reuse a brand kit, with subtitles among its many tools.
If your team edits together, there's a lot there to like. If what you mainly need is subtitles in German, Polish, Swedish or Portuguese that a native speaker won't wince at, the details that matter are different ones.
AutoCap is built around those details: speech recognition in each language, a timestamp on every word, and specific advice on what to check in each language before you export.
The same styles, in your language
Switch the site's language and these cards follow it. In the editor, captions are written in whatever language your video is spoken in.
Subtitles that respect the language.
The language is detected for you
AutoCap works out the spoken language from the audio, and you can pick it yourself if the guess is wrong.
A guide for each language
Every language has its own page covering what to proofread and which letters a caption font has to carry.
Preview before anyone else sees it
Captions preview in the editor exactly as they'll export, so a missing accent or a wrong letter shows up while you can still fix it.
A site and editor in nine languages
AutoCap's pages and editor are available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish and Swedish.
Subtitles in your video's language, in four steps.
- 01
Add the clip
Upload the MP4 or MOV in whatever language it was recorded in.
- 02
Confirm the language
Keep the language AutoCap detected, or choose the right one from the list.
- 03
Proofread with the guide
Check the transcript for that language's usual traps: capitals, accents, compound words and elisions.
- 04
Export
Render the captioned MP4, or download SRT, VTT or TXT on a paid plan.
When Kapwing is the better fit
Teams that edit together in one shared workspace, review cuts with comments on the timeline and keep brand assets in one place are using Kapwing for what it's built for, and AutoCap has no team workspace.
AutoCap is a captioning tool for one person at a time. It suits a creator or editor who needs dependable subtitles in more languages without moving the whole edit to a new platform.
What to check in each language
Correct subtitles depend on details a general-purpose tool has no reason to mention. German writes every noun with a capital, so a lower-case noun looks like a typo. Hungarian uses Ε and Ε± with a double acute accent, which some fonts swap for Γ΅ and Γ».
Lithuanian's ogoneks hang below the line and need line spacing to breathe, and French elision joins words with an apostrophe that a transcript can drop. Each language's page lists the checks that apply to it.
Good to know.
Does AutoCap have team workspaces like Kapwing?
No. An AutoCap account is for one person, and there's no shared workspace or commenting on the timeline.
Which languages can AutoCap subtitle?
Speech in 39 languages, all listed on the languages page, each with its own guide to proofreading captions in that language.
Is there a free Kapwing alternative for subtitles?
AutoCap is free to start: 2 minutes of transcription a month on clips up to 60 seconds, no card required, and a small watermark on what you export.
Can I use my own font for captions?
Yes, on a paid plan. Upload the font and any style can use it, which helps when a language needs letters a style's own font doesn't have.
Is AutoCap affiliated with Kapwing?
No. AutoCap is independent of Kapwing, which is named 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.