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100% Local AI Subtitles.

Generate, translate, and burn subtitles entirely on your Mac — no cloud, no subscription, no limits.

Works with your favorite editor

Compatible with Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and more

Elon Musk: Advice for Young People | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Inside the app

Pro workflows, built in

8 tools that turn a raw transcript into a publish-ready cut. All running on your Mac.

Clip: “Elon Musk: Advice for Young People” — Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Generate Subtitles

One click turns speech into accurate, perfectly-timed captions — running locally on Apple Silicon with Whisper. Pick from a curated lineup of fine-tuned models, or drop in your own in ggml format.

Clip: “Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and the $2 trillion company powering today’s AI” — 60 Minutes

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Dual Translation

Translate your transcript into any language with a local LLM or your own API key — then display original and translation side-by-side. Your keys, your model, your data.

Clip: “So This is Peak Smartphone” — Marques Brownlee

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Burn-In Export

Render a finished MP4 with subtitles baked directly into the video. Style, position, and export — ready to publish to YouTube, TikTok, or your client.

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Bulk Subtitle Generation

Drop in a folder of videos and generate subtitles for all of them in one click. Export as SRT files, dual-language subtitles, or burn them directly into each video — batch processed, ready to ship.

Clip: “So This is Peak Smartphone” — Marques Brownlee

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Drag-to-Realign

Timing off on a block? Grab its edge and drag. The caption retimes against the waveform in real time — no timecode typing, no frame-by-frame hunting.

Clip: “So This is Peak Smartphone” — Marques Brownlee

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Auto Snapping

As you drag a subtitle edge, it snaps to the nearest voice onset or pause. Pixel-perfect cuts without the hunt — precise manual editing at speed.

Clip: “So This is Peak Smartphone” — Marques Brownlee

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Break Tool

Split long lines into readable two-line captions with a single keystroke. Timing redistributes proportionally — no manual timecode juggling.

Clip: “Elon Musk: Advice for Young People” — Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Merge Tool

Join fragmented captions into smooth, continuous lines with one click. Perfect for cleaning up Whisper output or tightening up pauses.

Works with your editor

Drops into every editor you already use.

Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, iMovie, and CapCut

Export clean SRT or native Final Cut titles — your editor, your timeline, your shortcuts. Just skip the part where you type captions by hand.

See Dual Translation in Action

Watch how to create dual-language subtitles from start to finish using Subtitle Studio AI.

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Download for free. Upgrade when you're ready to export.

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Lifetime License

$69USD/one-time

Unlock full export capabilities and remove all limitations.

  • Unlimited transcription & editing
  • 100% offline — no uploads, no cloud
  • Subtitle translation & dual subtitles
  • Burn subtitles into video (MP4 output)
  • Bulk video conversion
  • Export to SRT — works with Premiere, FCP, DaVinci
  • 6 months free software updates
  • 1 device

98+ Languages

Auto-detect and transcribe English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and 90+ more.

Apple Silicon Optimised

Built for M1/M2/M3 Neural Engine — processes faster than real time. Intel coming soon.

Zero Data Collected

No account required. No telemetry. Your footage never touches a server.

Questions & Answers

If you have any other questions, please get in touch.

How is Subtitle Studio different from other subtitle generation apps?

Most subtitle apps hand you the raw AI output and call it done. We go several steps further — before transcription even begins, we preprocess your audio, run voice activity detection (VAD) to isolate speech, strip background noise, and then align the transcript back to the exact audio timing. The result is noticeably cleaner, better-timed subtitles with far fewer manual corrections needed.

We also worked closely with content creators to design the workflow around how editors actually work. Drop in your video, click Generate, click Export — that's it. No configuration wizards, no format headaches, no post-processing in another app.

Does Subtitle Studio work without an internet connection?

Yes — completely. All transcription runs on your Mac using on-device AI models. Your videos never leave your machine, and the app works fully offline after the initial model download.

For translation, you can use Ollama (installed separately) to keep everything local and private, or connect a public LLM API if you prefer.

What video formats are supported?

Subtitle Studio supports all major formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, M4V, and more. If macOS can play it, Subtitle Studio can process it.

How accurate is the transcription?

Subtitle Studio uses OpenAI's Whisper model running locally on your Mac. Accuracy is typically 95%+ for clear audio in supported languages, and the Neural Engine on Apple Silicon makes it faster than real time.

Which languages are supported?

98+ languages are supported for transcription, including English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, German, and many more.

Translation is powered by an LLM and requires either a locally running Ollama instance or a public LLM API key (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic). This keeps translation fully under your control — use a local model for complete privacy, or a cloud API for convenience.

What subtitle formats are supported for export?

Subtitle Studio exports to SRT, which works with Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. For Final Cut Pro users, we also export as a title layer — subtitles are imported directly into your timeline as native FCP titles, so you can edit the style, font, and timing without leaving Final Cut.

Can I use it on more than one Mac?

The Lifetime License covers 1 device. If you need additional seats, please contact us at hello@subtitlestudio.ai and we can discuss multi-seat options.

What happens after the 6-month update period?

Your license never expires and the version you have keeps working forever. The 6-month window covers free software updates. After that, the app continues to function — you can optionally purchase a license upgrade for major new versions at a discounted price. License upgrades are coming soon.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. You can download Subtitle Studio for free and use the full transcription and editing features. Export capabilities (burn-in video, SRT export, translation) require a Lifetime License.

Does it work on Intel Macs?

Subtitle Studio is currently optimised for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4). Intel Mac support is on the roadmap — sign up to the mailing list to be notified when it launches.