Clean breaks between voices
Split a caption at the exact word where the speaker changes, so no line mixes two people.
Podcast clip captions
Turn the best minute of your podcast into a clip people can read.
Pick the moment, cut it out, and give it captions that break cleanly when the speaker changes and lean on the words that carry the point.
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Why it matters
A full episode asks for an hour; a clip asks for a minute. The strongest clips tend to be one sharp answer, a good disagreement or a line that sums up the whole conversation, cut tight enough to stand alone.
Captions make that clip work in a silent feed, but conversation is harder to caption well than one person talking to camera. Voices trade lines quickly, people interrupt, and a caption that runs across a change of speaker reads as though one person said both halves.
AutoCap times every word, so you can end a caption exactly where one voice stops and start the next where another begins, then emphasize the words that make the moment worth sharing.
What you get
Clips from long conversations, captioned for the feed.
Weight on the words that matter
In caption styles with an emphasis treatment, mark single words or whole lines so the key phrase stands out.
A frame for every channel
Crop the export to 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9, or keep the original frame of your recording.
Room for a full answer
Paid plans take clips of up to five minutes, long enough for a complete thought rather than a clipped soundbite.
Crosstalk you can untangle
Overlapping voices are where transcription struggles most, so fix those words by hand and split lines until the captions follow who actually spoke.
How it works
Caption a podcast clip in four steps.
- 01
Cut the clip
Export the moment from your video podcast as an MP4 or MOV, trimmed to where the thought starts and ends.
- 02
Correct the transcript
Fix guest names, the show's name and any words lost to crosstalk.
- 03
Break at each speaker
Split captions wherever the voice changes, then emphasize the phrase the clip is built around.
- 04
Crop and export
Choose 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9, render the MP4, and post it wherever the clip is going.
Choosing the minute worth clipping
Look for a moment that makes sense without the rest of the episode. A clear question with a complete answer, a surprising claim with its explanation, or a short story with an ending will stand on its own; an inside joke or a callback to something said earlier won't.
Cut a little generously at the start, so the viewer hears the question or setup, and end on the line that lands rather than trailing into the next topic.
- A question and its complete answer
- A claim followed by the reason behind it
- A short story that reaches its ending
- A disagreement where both sides get a line
Speaker changes and line breaks
In a conversation, each caption should belong to one voice. When a new speaker starts partway through a caption, split it at that word so the switch happens between captions, not inside one.
AutoCap doesn't label speakers automatically. Where it helps, especially when a guest is off camera, type their name at the start of their first caption, as in MARIA:, and leave later lines clean once viewers know who's who.
Keep each caption to a short phrase. Podcast speech is quick and conversational, and short captions give a viewer time to read before the next person cuts in.
Putting weight on the words that matter
A good clip usually turns on one phrase: the number, the name, the unexpected word. Caption styles that include an emphasis treatment let you mark a single word or a whole line so it stands apart from the rest of the caption.
Use it sparingly. One or two emphasized words per caption guide the eye, while emphasis on every other word turns into noise.
Styles that highlight each word as it's spoken suit podcast clips as well, because they add movement to what is often a static shot of people at microphones.
Audiograms and audio-only episodes
AutoCap works from video files, MP4 or MOV. If your podcast is audio-only, turn the clip into a video first, even a still image or waveform with the audio laid over it, and caption that.
With no faces or gestures to watch, the captions carry most of the clip, so give them a size and position that fill the space you have.
Questions
Good to know.
How long can a podcast clip be?
Up to 60 seconds on the free plan, which includes 2 minutes of transcription a month and watermarked exports, and up to 5 minutes on paid plans from $9 / €9 a month.
Does AutoCap identify who is speaking?
No. It transcribes the words and times each one; you mark speaker changes by splitting captions, and can type a name in where it helps.
Which aspect ratios can I export?
9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9, or the original shape of your recording. The export is cropped to whichever ratio you pick.
What happens when two people talk over each other?
Transcription is least reliable during crosstalk, so check those moments closely and correct them by hand. Splitting captions at each change of voice keeps the result readable.
Can I emphasize a single word?
Yes, in caption styles that have an emphasis treatment. Select the word, or a whole line, and turn emphasis on.
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.