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AI Video Translator

Turn the dialogue in a foreign-language video into a timed transcript with speaker turns, ready for subtitling. Free to start, with no account needed.

No sign-up to start · 99+ languages · Up to 0.5 GB per file

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What is AI Video Translator?

AI Video Translator turns the dialogue in a video into a transcript in the language it was spoken, and keeps the timing that subtitle work depends on. Footage with several voices is separated into speaker turns, and every line carries a timestamp, so a translated subtitle can be matched back to the moment it belongs to. Names and numbers can be fixed in the editor before the file moves on.

Why choose AI Video Translator?

A subtitling job begins long before the first translated line: someone has to hear the dialogue, type it, and work out when each line starts. AI Video Translator shortens that stage. Speaker turns keep a conversation legible, timestamps hold the rhythm of the edit, and the corrected text is ready for whichever translation route comes next.

Subtitling a Foreign Video Starts With Typing Out the Dialogue?

Every subtitling job begins with a text that does not exist yet. Someone listens to the footage, types each line, and guesses at the timing, and only then can translation start. On a documentary with overlapping speakers, that first pass can take longer than the edit itself. AI Video Translator produces the timed transcript in one run, with speaker turns and timestamps, so the subtitle file begins from a draft instead of a blank timeline.

What makes AI Video Translator different?

AI Video Translator works at the level a subtitle job needs: who is speaking, when the line starts, and what was said, before any language is changed.

Speaker turns for overlapping dialogue

SRT export with line timing

Language detected per video

How to use AI Video Translator in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Add the video file

    MP4, MOV, WebM, and other common containers go in directly. Footage from a camera, a screen recording, and an exported edit all take the same route.

  2. 2

    Set language and speakers

    Detection names the spoken language; speaker separation marks each voice. Both can be reviewed before the run starts, which matters on a two-language shoot.

  3. 3

    Export a timed transcript

    Fix names and numbers against the footage, then copy the text or export SRT with the line timing that a subtitling tool expects.

Start with footage that needs subtitles in another language. AI Video Translator returns the dialogue as a timed transcript, with speaker turns, so the translation begins from lines that someone has read.

Transcribe the video

What users say about AI Video Translator

“Lecture recordings finally became searchable notes instead of hours of audio.”
Early access user · Graduate student
“I stopped taking notes in calls and started reviewing transcripts instead.”
Early access user · Product manager
“The timestamped transcript cut my editing pass roughly in half.”
Early access user · Podcast editor
“Finding a quote in a 90-minute interview now takes seconds.”
Early access user · Journalist
“Speaker labels make multi-person interviews far easier to code.”
Early access user · Researcher

Frequently asked questions about AI Video Translator

Does AI Video Translator deliver translated subtitles?

No. The page returns the dialogue as a timed transcript in the language that was spoken, with speaker turns and a timestamp per line. From there the text goes to a translator or a translation service, and the finished wording comes back to the subtitle file. The original wording stays available to check against.

Why start from a transcript rather than the audio?

A translator working from audio alone has to hold a sentence, translate it, and guess the timing at the same time, and a reviewer has nothing to compare the result against. A timed transcript separates those tasks, so names and numbers can be confirmed before any meaning is rewritten.

Which video formats are accepted?

Common containers such as MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, and MKV are accepted directly, and the audio track is read without being extracted first. Camera files, screen recordings, and exports from an editing suite all go through the same uploader at whatever size the plan allows.

Are speakers separated when dialogue overlaps?

Speaker separation marks each turn so two voices do not collapse into one paragraph, which is the difference between a usable subtitle script and a wall of text. Cleanly recorded dialogue separates well; crosstalk, shouting, and heavy background noise make the boundaries less certain.

Can the timing be used in subtitle software?

Yes. SRT export carries the start and end of every line, so the file opens in a subtitling tool with the timing already in place. Long pauses may need a nudge and a fast exchange may need splitting, but the slow part of the work, listening and typing, is done.

Which languages can be transcribed?

The language is identified from the audio rather than from the file name, and coverage reaches close to a hundred spoken languages. A film that mixes two languages can be run once per language and the transcripts combined, which usually beats letting detection switch mid-scene.

How long or how large can a video be?

Episodes, training modules, and documentary reels are the normal case, and a feature-length file is processed as one upload within the plan's size ceiling. Very long footage can be split at scene boundaries, which also makes each transcript easier to review against the picture.

Is AI Video Translator free to use?

Yes. Transcribing a video and exporting the timed text cost nothing to begin with, and the first uploads need no account. Paid tiers allow bigger files, several videos in parallel, and the advanced accuracy mode, which helps with accents and field recordings.