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Generate a free SRT file from your video

Need the subtitle file, not a new video? Upload your clip, run a free preview, and download the AI-generated .srt — accurately timestamped, language auto-detected, and genuinely free: the transcript never costs a credit.

Open the studio — free preview

For content you own. Only upload videos you own or are licensed to edit. Uploads auto-delete within ~6 hours, results are never re-watermarked, and you see a free preview before paying anything.

Good uses

How it works

  1. Upload a video with speech (up to 60s / 200 MB)
  2. Pick Captions mode and run a free preview
  3. AI transcribes the speech with timestamps
  4. Download the .srt — free, no credit used
  5. Optionally export the video with captions burned in (1 credit)

Why CleanReel instead of cropping or blurring?

Crops lose framing and blur boxes draw the eye. CleanReel reconstructs the background with neural inpainting and shows a quality score, so the edit is invisible — and previews are free, so a result that isn't clean costs nothing.

FAQ

What's the catch — why is it free?

The transcript is free because many people then want the burned-in version, which is the paid export. If you only need the .srt, it's yours.

Does it handle accents and background noise?

The AI speech model is robust to accents; heavy background noise reduces accuracy — the free preview shows you exactly what you'll get.

What's an SRT file exactly?

A plain-text subtitle standard: numbered lines with start/end timestamps. Nearly every video platform and player accepts it.

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