MixCaptions: Video Captions

It takes a LOT of effort to get there! I understand having to tap each subtitle to edit it, but to adjust spacing? And what's with the "1 second limit" that isn't really a limit? When I am trying to add a sub in a space smaller than a second in the time line I will get an error, but if I have a space bigger than a second, I can add a sub, select an end point longer than a second from the start point, then back the end point up to below 1 second and it's fine. And why can't I adjust where each subtitle is as I go? The only way to custom format forces you to commit to one location. You can cheat by adding line breaks before/after the text, but that's so much extra work. Paying $10 a month for an app that works really well--but makes me really work for it is very frustrating! I love that this app is focused on doing one thing but I feel like I play hopscotch just to get everything done. Please consider making some changes! Also, I would love to see an option to pay for a year for $8 (or less) a month.

I tried several of the other captioning/subtitling apps from the App Store now and this is the best one I’ve found! I don’t like the whole ordeal with paying for minutes to use for automatic transcriptions, but the app works and is fairly smooth with only some minor changes needed (e.g. can’t have text switch from one line to the next without having a single frame where there’s no text, but if it’s auto generated, there’s no missing frame of text). I originally mentioned a technical issue (squished videos, which is due to the way your video is encoded) I was having and also emailed the team and they were very responsive! If you’re having the squished video issue like me, I’ve found that the best option is to screen record the clip I want and use that instead, as those always show up normal in the app.

I tried pretty much all of the apps in the appstore that were free to download, and this is the best all around! It’s easy to use, the speech recognition catches pretty much everything, omits the “um” and “uh”s and is timed on screen in a way that isn’t overwhelming or too slow, and you can keep your video in portrait orientation if need be! The only negatives i’ve experienced so far are: 1. your video has to be in 10minute increments, but it’s easy to use the trim tool to make sure you start and end the video in exact places. 2. you essentially have to pay to collect points, and depending on how long your video is you may need to buy more. i.e. i had a 10min long video to caption and i needed 600points, which is $1.99. not bad! but i think it would be better for people who plan to regularly use it if it there was an option to pay a monthly fee instead. overall though this is 100% the best app i’ve tried and i highly recommend it!