Captions for Videos - VidCap 4+

Extraordinary

This app is extraordinarily good at what it does. Whatever text-to-speech engine it's using is phenomenal at capturing natural speech and punctuating it correctly. It has terrific display options that allow you to choose font, screen position, and style of the subtitles with a great deal of flexibility. When the text-to-speech engine does get something wrong, which it does shockingly rarely if the audio is clear, there's a simple, easy-to-use UI for fixing the errors and adjusting the timeline. I don't need an app like this very often, but in my limited testing it's been exceptionally good. If I needed it more frequently, such as for professional use, the subscription prices are a steal.

Developer Response ,

Dang, this is the kind of review a developer strives for. Thank you thank you thank you 😍

BEST SUBTITLE APP 🤩

I do long form videos with nuanced language elements, and this app is by far the best I’ve used (and I’ve tried A LOT). The accuracy of the auto-generated subtitles (in English) is phenomenal. It is easy to use. And it can handle videos that are up to an hour long! The cherry on top of the sundae, is the level of customer service received when I have issues or concerns is unmatched. To be able to connect with the developer in real time is pretty incredible (and virtually unheard of). I cannot recommend this app enough.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the kind words Allison!

Improvements needed

I decided to take a three day trial to check how good it is and if it’s true to what it claims. The first thing I noticed was the app is slow, especially on the Mac. There is an option of local transcription, but that is not very smooth and the transcription keeps getting stuck. The accuracy of transcription is not as good as you would expect. There are several places where the transcript escapes text or does not transcribe correctly. There are options of manual correction but I think there are other models in the market the transcribe much better. Finally, the trial is limited to just three days, which is somewhat limited. The developer has been launching some improvements in the past, but I think there is some way to go before this becomes a polished app. For now, I decided not to subscribe.