Automatic VTT subtitle generator

Upload a video, get a WebVTT caption file for HTML5 video that drops straight into your player or editor.

About the Speech to Text for VTT

The subtitle generator listens to your video, detects sentence boundaries and produces a WebVTT caption file for HTML5 video with broadcast-friendly line breaks and reading speeds.

Edit the transcript in place, then re-export as VTT. Frame-accurate timestamps mean captions stay in sync even after cuts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — segments respect the 42-character / 2-line convention and standard reading-speed targets.

Yes. Fix names, technical terms or timing in the browser, then re-download the VTT file.

MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV and any container with a mainstream audio codec.

Yes. Detect the source language automatically, then optionally translate to any of 90+ target languages.

SRT works in VLC, MPV, Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut and every major streaming platform. VTT is native to HTML5 <video>.

Timestamps are frame-accurate. Cues stay in sync even after re-editing the source video.

Yes — line length, reading speed and cue gaps follow standard subtitle conventions out of the box.

About the VTT output

WebVTT is the native subtitle format for HTML5 <video>. Perfect for websites, streaming players and browser captions.

  • TypeSubtitle
  • QualityTimed
  • Size / min~2 KB
  • CompatibilityWeb players

How to convert video files to VTT

  1. Click Upload and pick a video (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV).
  2. Choose the source language or leave it on Auto-detect.
  3. Press Transcribe — the audio is extracted and transcribed automatically.
  4. Review, edit and download a WebVTT caption file for HTML5 video.

Output formats compared

FormatTypeQualityCompatibility
TXTPlain textUniversalAny editor
SRTSubtitleTimedVideo players
VTT ✓SubtitleTimedWeb players
DOCXDocumentFormattedWord / Docs
PDFDocumentPrint-readyAny editor
JSONStructuredVerbatimAPIs / apps
CSVStructuredTimestampsSpreadsheets

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