CaptionBolt

What is CaptionBolt?

CaptionBolt is a browser tool that finishes talking-head videos for social media. Upload a clip and it transcribes the speech, adds animated captions in over 300 styles, and lets you fix any word. It also resizes for vertical feeds, suggests B-roll, designs covers, and drafts post copy for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

Top Features:

• AI captions: automatic transcription with timed word emphasis and a text editor.
• Smart B-roll: add visuals from transcript matches, Pexels search, or your uploads.
• Social copy: draft post text, hashtags, and Shorts descriptions from one transcript.

Use Cases:

• Repurposing: turn recorded talking-head footage into captioned clips for vertical feeds.
• Branding: save caption style, logo, and progress bar presets for reuse.
• Teaching clips: make lessons easier to follow for viewers watching without sound.

Who Can Use CaptionBolt?

• Creators: people posting talking videos to TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.
• Small businesses: founders who sell through video and need captions without editors.
• Agencies: marketers who publish client videos often and reuse brand presets.

Pricing

• Free ($0): 10 processing minutes monthly, 1080p export, and a branded watermark.
• Starter ($72 per year): 60 processing minutes, 4K export, no watermark, and five-minute videos.
• Pro ($144 per year): 400 processing minutes, SRT and ASS subtitle files, priority queue.
• Max ($300 per year): 1,000 minutes, VTT export, REST API, webhooks, and MCP server.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Style library: hundreds of caption styles across several families fit most brands.
• Keeps framing: original framing stays as shot unless you choose to resize.
• Low entry price: a free tier plus paid plans from six dollars a month.

Cons:

• Length limits: videos are capped at three to twenty minutes by plan.
• Free watermark: free exports carry a watermark and top out at 1080p.
• Max-only API: automation through the API and MCP server needs the top plan.

FAQs:

1) Is there a free plan?

Yes, you get 10 processing minutes each month with no credit card needed.

2) Which formats can I resize to?

TikTok, Reels, Shorts, square posts, and widescreen video are all supported.

3) Can I edit the caption text?

Yes, a text editor lets you fix words without changing the speech timing.

4) Does it export subtitle files?

Pro and Max export SRT and ASS files, and Max also adds VTT.

5) Does it pick viral moments?

No, it finishes clips you already recorded rather than cutting long videos.