Video Captions With Karaoke Word Timing
Upload a video or pick one from your Apatero generations. Get word-timed captions burned into the file, ready for every platform.
Three styles, an optional smart emphasis pass, videos up to 3 minutes, and pricing that is just 10 credits per started minute.
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A huge share of social video plays on mute, in feeds, in offices, in bed next to someone sleeping. If your video needs sound to make sense, most viewers scroll past before finding out.
Apatero's Captions tool fixes that in one render. It transcribes your video, times every single word, and burns animated karaoke captions directly into the file.
Word-level timing is the difference between captions people read and captions people feel. Each word pops as it is spoken, which pulls attention forward through the clip and lifts retention.
Captioning is the natural last step after generation. Make a clip with the AI video generator, then caption it without leaving the studio. For platform-specific looks, browse the YouTube captions realm.
How the Caption Generator Works
Upload or Pick a Video
Bring any video up to 3 minutes, or select a clip you already generated inside Apatero Studio.
Choose a Caption Style
Bold pop with lime highlights, clean lower-third bar, or minimal. Flip on smart emphasis if you want key words stressed.
Render and Post
Captions render burned into the video. Download one file that looks right on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts alike.
Why Creators Caption With Apatero
Retention-grade captions without a video editor
Word-Timed Karaoke Captions
Each word lights up exactly as it is spoken. The karaoke effect keeps eyes locked on the video the way viral clips do.
Three Caption Styles
Bold pop with lime highlights, a clean lower-third bar, or minimal text. Pick the look that fits your content, not a wall of settings.
Smart Emphasis
Turn on smart emphasis and the key words in each line get visually stressed, adding punch without hand-editing a single caption.
Burned In, Platform Proof
Captions are rendered into the video file itself. They look identical on TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and anywhere else you post.
Upload or Pick a Video
Caption a video from your phone or select one you generated inside Apatero. Anything up to 3 minutes long is fair game.
Simple Credit Pricing
Captions cost 10 credits per started minute of video. A 45 second clip is 10 credits, a 2 minute video is 20. No surprises.
Three Styles, Each With a Job
Caption design is retention design. Each style is tuned for a different kind of content.
Bold Pop With Lime Highlights
Large animated words with lime accent highlights. The high-energy look that dominates short-form feeds, built for hooks, reactions, and fast talkers.
Clean Lower-Third Bar
A tidy bar anchored at the lower third. Reads as professional and stays out of the frame's action, ideal for interviews, tutorials, and brand content.
Minimal
Just the words, timed and unobtrusive. For cinematic clips and aesthetic content where the caption should whisper, not shout.
Priced for Posting Daily
Captions cost 10 credits per started minute. That means a 45 second TikTok costs 10 credits and a full 3 minute video costs 30. You always know the price before you render.
Compare that to the alternatives. Manual captioning in an editor eats 20 to 40 minutes per clip. Dedicated captioning subscriptions bill monthly for one single feature.
Inside Apatero, captions sit next to everything else you already generate, so the clip, the caption pass, and the download happen in one place. Our roundup of the best AI video generators shows where that end-to-end workflow stands out.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Does the AI Video Caption Generator Work?
Upload a video or pick one from your Apatero generations, choose one of three caption styles, and render. The system transcribes the speech, times every word, and burns the captions into the output file.
What Does Word-Timed Karaoke Captioning Mean?
Instead of showing static lines, each word highlights at the exact moment it is spoken. It is the caption style behind most high-retention short-form clips, and it is the default here.
Which Caption Styles Are Available?
Three styles ship today, a bold pop style with lime highlights, a clean lower-third bar, and a minimal look. A smart emphasis option can additionally stress the key words in any of them.
How Long Can My Video Be?
Up to 3 minutes, which comfortably covers TikToks, Reels, Shorts, and most talking-head clips. Longer projects can be captioned in segments.
How Much Do Captions Cost?
10 credits per started minute. A 30 second clip costs 10 credits, a 90 second clip costs 20. Your first generation on Apatero is free when you sign up.
Are the Captions Editable After Rendering?
Burned-in captions become part of the video, which is what makes them platform proof. If you spot an issue, adjust and re-render, each pass takes only minutes.
Caption Your Next Clip
Your first generation is on us. Captions from 10 credits per minute.
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