Video Captions for Small Businesses
You do not need an editor or a monthly subscription to caption your business videos. Upload the clip, check the transcript, download it captioned — usually under a minute, start to finish.
That matters most for the video small businesses actually post: a walkthrough of the shop, a quick explanation of a service, a customer testimonial filmed on a phone. All of it plays muted in a feed, and all of it works better captioned.
- ✓No editor needed
- ✓No monthly fee
- ✓No watermark
- ✓Phone footage fine
Launching 10 September 2026. Join the waitlist for early access.
Why small businesses teams caption
The parts of captioning that matter most for this kind of video.
No budget required
No subscription, no per-minute charge, no export credits. Captioning stops being a line item you have to justify against everything else.
Phone footage is fine
Most small business video is shot on a phone in a shop, a kitchen or a van. That is the audio the model was tuned on, not studio recordings.
Looks professional
Clean, well-timed captions with no watermark make a phone-shot clip look considered rather than thrown together.
Reach your whole local market
If your customers do not all speak the same language, export subtitle tracks in theirs. It costs nothing extra and widens who your video actually reaches.
How it works
Upload, review, export. No timeline and no timecodes typed by hand.
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Upload your video
Drop in your small businesses footage as MP4, MOV, MKV or an audio file. Nothing to install, and no account needed to start.
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Generate captions with AI
The AI transcribes what was said — even on phone audio recorded in a room with background noise — and times the captions to the speech.
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Edit and export
Correct the terms specific to small businesses, then download the video with captions burned in, or export a clean .srt or .vtt file.
The video you are already making is worth more captioned
Small business video is rarely a production. It is the owner explaining what makes the sourdough different, a quick tour of a new space, a happy customer talking for forty seconds. That informality is the appeal — it looks like a real person rather than an ad.
What it competes with, though, is a feed that plays everything silently. Someone scrolling past your video does not hear the pitch, and if there is no text on screen there is nothing to make them stop. Captions are the cheapest possible fix, and unlike better lighting or a proper microphone they cost nothing and take a minute.
They also make the video usable in more places. The same captioned clip works on your website, in an email, on a screen in the shop and across social, without needing sound anywhere. For a business making a handful of videos a month rather than a hundred, getting more out of each one is the whole game.
Related tools and audiences
The tools behind this, and the other audiences we have written up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Specific to this kind of video, not the generic list.
Do I need any editing experience?
No. There is no timeline and no project setup. You upload a video, read through the transcript to fix anything specific to your business, and download it.
Will it work with video shot on my phone?
Yes, and that is the common case. Phone footage recorded in a shop, kitchen or vehicle transcribes well. Very loud background noise is the main thing that reduces accuracy, and the editor covers those cases.
Is there a limit on how many videos I can caption?
No export limit and no credits to buy. Caption as many videos as you make.
Will my business name and local place names be spelled right?
Local names and anything invented are the words worth checking, since no model has encountered them before. Correcting them takes seconds in the editor, and it is usually the only edit a short clip needs.
Can I edit my captions before exporting?
Yes. Correct the transcript, adjust timings, choose a caption style and then export the finished video or a clean SRT or VTT file.
When does Caption Maker launch?
Caption Maker launches on 10 September 2026. Join the waitlist to be notified when editing and exports open.
Caption everything you publish, free
Caption Maker launches on 10 September 2026. Join the waitlist and take captioning off the list of things that cost money.
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