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Focus: fuzzy finder, command line and shell. Shares open source and github with Subtitle Edit. Adds macOS. Rated 4.8 (Subtitle Edit: 4.7).
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Desktop App
Subtitle Edit
A free desktop editor for creating, syncing and fixing video subtitles.
Rating
4.7 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Intermediate
Works on
Windows, Linux, Offline
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What is Subtitle Edit?
Subtitle Edit is a free, open-source subtitle editor for Windows. Create, translate and sync subtitles against your video, fix common errors in one click, convert between more than 300 formats and generate captions from speech with Whisper, so finishing a video takes far less time.
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Pros: what Subtitle Edit does well
- Supports hundreds of subtitle formats
- Speech-to-text captions built in
- Free and open source
Cons: where it falls short
- Windows first, Linux needs Mono
- Busy interface for beginners
Who Subtitle Edit is for
Video creators and translators who add or fix subtitles often.
Who can skip it
Anyone happy with the auto captions on their video platform.
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