YouTube Shorts
Shorts subtitles two ways: inside the video, or as a file.
On Shorts you do not have to pick one. Captions inside the picture hold attention in the feed, while an SRT file hands YouTube words to index and lets viewers switch the track off.
One pass here gets you both. The transcript and the look are kept apart: a single set of timed words, sent out in two forms.
What you get
Why creators use Captionwale for this
In the video, for the feed
Moving captions are drawn into the MP4, so your opening line reads in a silent scroll exactly the way you designed it.
A subtitle file for YouTube
Take an SRT or VTT from that same transcript and add it in YouTube. The Short can then be found by its words, and viewers get captions they can switch on or off.
Searchable in your own language
Transcribe in any of 12 languages and upload the matching subtitle file to YouTube. That is what lets a Hindi Short turn up for a Hindi search.
How it works
From upload to export
STEP 01
Upload your Short
MP4 or MOV. Tell it the spoken language, or let the model work it out.
STEP 02
Fix the words
Correct what the model got wrong, especially names and brand words, since those are what viewers type into search.
STEP 03
Get both outputs
Render a styled MP4 for the feed. With a paid plan, also download SRT or VTT for YouTube's subtitle track.
STEP 04
Publish
Upload the MP4 as a Short, then add the subtitle file inside YouTube Studio.
Questions
Asked before trying it
Burned-in captions or an SRT: which one should I use?
Use both if you can. Viewers read burned-in captions while scrolling on mute; YouTube reads the SRT for search, and viewers can hide it. Here both come out of a single transcription.
Will my corrections show up in the SRT?
Yes. The file is built from the words and timings you fixed, so one correction appears in the video and in the subtitle file alike.
How long can my Short be?
YouTube now allows Shorts of up to three minutes. Free accounts can upload clips of up to 60 seconds and get 2 minutes of transcription a month. Paid plans allow clips of up to 5 minutes, which covers any Short.
Caption the clip you already have.
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