Free CapCut Auto Captions: SRT File Without Pro
Make auto captions for CapCut without Pro: generate an SRT from your video in your browser for free, then import it into CapCut desktop or CapCut web.
Video & Audio to Text
Drop an audio or video file to transcribe it.
Supported: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OGA, OPUS, FLAC, MP4, WEBM, M4V, MOV, MKV
Powered by Whisper AI: runs entirely on your device.
One-time download for the selected quality. Each run then starts by getting the model ready on your device.
On-device model: review and edit before exporting; accuracy won't match paid cloud services.
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How It Works
- 1Drop an audio or video file, nothing leaves your device.
- 2Pick the spoken language, or let auto-detect handle it.
- 3Your browser transcribes it on-device with Whisper AI, the first run downloads a one-time model, sized for your device.
- 4Review, edit, and download as SRT, VTT, or plain text.
Runs entirely in your browser.
How to add free auto captions to a CapCut video
Drop your video here
Use the clip you are editing in CapCut, or the MP4 you exported from it. MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM and audio files all work.
Pick the language and transcribe
Choose the spoken language or keep auto-detect on. The captions appear line by line as your browser transcribes.
Check and download the SRT
Click any line to replay it, fix names or words, then download the captions as an SRT file.
Import it into CapCut
In CapCut desktop, add the .srt file from the Captions menu; in CapCut web, upload it from the Captions tab. Each line lands on the timeline as a caption you can edit and style.
CapCut Auto Captions Without Pro: Make the SRT Here
CapCut lists its auto caption generator among the tools exclusive to Pro users (CapCut's Standard vs Pro page, September 2026). If the captions are all you need, make them here instead: drop the same video, let Whisper AI write timed subtitles in your browser, download an SRT and import it into CapCut desktop or CapCut web. Free, no account, and the video stays on your own device.
How the captions get into CapCut
CapCut desktop and CapCut web can import a subtitle file and turn each line into a caption on the timeline. This page makes that file. A Whisper AI speech-recognition model loads into your browser, listens to the audio of your video and writes timed cues on your own device, breaking lines at natural pauses. The SRT you download is plain UTF-8, the encoding CapCut's help asks for.
What CapCut can import
CapCut's subtitle import has a few rules (CapCut's help, checked October 2026). The SRT from this page meets all of them.
- CapCut desktop: SRT files, or plain TXT with timecodes
- CapCut web: SRT files only
- CapCut phone app: no subtitle file import, so do this step on a computer
- Encoding: UTF-8, which keeps Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic and accented letters intact
Who makes CapCut captions this way
Shorts, Reels and TikToks
Caption every short you cut in CapCut without a Pro plan, then style the caption track in CapCut as usual.
Long videos and podcasts
A full episode or a long vlog is captioned in one go: files up to 2 GB and 4 hours of audio, with no monthly quota of minutes.
Videos in other languages
Captions in 22 languages with auto-detect, including Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Arabic.
Editing in the browser
CapCut web imports SRT files too, so the whole job fits in two browser tabs, with nothing to install.
Viewers watching on mute
Captions keep a video easy to follow with the sound off, and open it up to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
One file for every editor
The same SRT also imports into Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro, so one transcription serves every editor you use.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get auto captions in CapCut without Pro?
Make the captions outside CapCut and import them. Drop your video into the tool at the top of this page, pick the language, download the result as an SRT file, then import that file in CapCut desktop or CapCut web. Transcription runs in your browser, so there is no subscription and no account.
Are CapCut auto captions free?
Not on CapCut's free plan: CapCut's own Standard vs Pro page (September 2026) lists the auto caption generator among the tools exclusive to Pro users. Bringing captions in as a file is a separate route, and CapCut's help page on importing subtitles names no Pro requirement (checked October 2026). That is the free route this page gives you.
Can I import an SRT into CapCut on my phone?
No. CapCut's help says subtitle import works only in CapCut desktop and CapCut web; the phone app cannot import a subtitle file (checked October 2026). You can make the SRT here on any device, but do the import step on a computer.
How do I import the SRT file into CapCut?
In CapCut desktop, open the Captions menu, choose to add captions and pick the .srt file. In CapCut web, open your project, go to the Captions tab in the left toolbar and upload the .srt. The lines land on the timeline as captions you can edit, retime and style. These steps follow CapCut's help as of October 2026.
Why won't CapCut accept my subtitle file?
Check three things. CapCut web takes SRT only, not TXT; CapCut desktop takes SRT, or TXT with timecodes; and the file should be UTF-8, or letters outside English can break. The SRT downloaded from this page is UTF-8 with no byte order mark, so it imports as it is. A VTT or ASS file from somewhere else converts with VTT to SRT or ASS to SRT, and the UTF-8 converter fixes a file in an older encoding.
Which languages can it caption?
22, with automatic language detection, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Arabic. Chinese comes out in Simplified characters by default; pick Chinese (Traditional) to keep the characters as recognized.
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
No. The video is transcribed on your own device and is not sent to a server. Only the AI model is downloaded, once, and your browser keeps it for next time. Files can be up to 2 GB and 4 hours of audio.
Is this tool made by CapCut?
No. SubtitleKit is a free tool built by Daniel, a solo developer, and it is not affiliated with CapCut. CapCut is named here only to explain how to bring your captions into it.
Can I get the captions out of a CapCut project I already made?
Yes. If the captions are already on a CapCut desktop timeline, including lines you typed or corrected by hand, drop the project's draft file on CapCut to SRT and download them as an SRT file. Nothing is transcribed again.
Tips for clean CapCut captions
Transcribe the finished edit: the times in the SRT count from the start of the file you drop here. If you already cut the clip in CapCut, export the edit and transcribe that, so the captions line up with the timeline.
Set the language by hand for very short clips, or clips that open with music, which give auto-detect little speech to work with.
Several clips for one project? Transcribe them one after another; the AI model downloads once and is reused.
Check names and numbers: click a line to replay that part of the audio and fix the word here, before the captions go onto CapCut's timeline.
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