AI Caption & Subtitle Automation
AI caption and subtitle automation transcribes your video, formats the captions to your channel's style, and outputs burned-in subtitles or SRT files without you touching a caption editor. Handbuilt sets up the pipeline around your editing workflow so every clip ships captioned — the way 80% of social video is now watched, on mute.
The problem
Most short-form video is watched on mute, so uncaptioned clips lose the majority of their audience in the first second — but captioning by hand is the most tedious part of editing.
What this looks like in practice
A travel creator batches 12 reels every Sunday. Hand-captioning each one in CapCut eats two hours and the styling drifts. We build a pipeline: they drop the raw exports in a folder, and get back captioned versions styled to their brand — font, position, highlight colour — plus SRT files for YouTube. Two hours of caption work becomes a five-minute review.
How it works
- 1
We pick the transcription engine and tune it for your accent and niche terms
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We set your caption style — font, size, position, highlight and animation
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We connect it to how you already work: a folder, an editor, or an upload step
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Every video comes back captioned and ready to post, with SRT files included
What you get
- Accurate transcription tuned to your voice and vocabulary
- On-brand burned-in captions plus SRT/VTT files for SEO
- Batch processing so a whole week of clips runs at once
- A workflow that fits your existing editor, not a new app to learn
Recommended package
AI Starter System
Live in ~5 business days
Fixed price in CAD · USD / AUD / NZD quotes on request. Built remotely for small businesses across Canada, the US, Australia & New Zealand.
One AI worker, live in days.
Automate my captionsCommon questions
Modern engines are extremely accurate for clear audio. We tune it for your accent and any niche terms you use often, and the review step lets you fix the rare miss before posting.
Want this built for your business?
Tell us about your setup and we'll send a plan and a fixed quote within one business day.