Offline Captions: Word-by-Word Caption App, Pay Once (No Subscription)

Hey Product Hunt, I'm Gaurav 👋
I built Offline Captions after CapCut moved auto-captions behind its Pro plan ($179.99 a year). I only needed one thing from it: those word-by-word captions for short videos. Paying a subscription for that felt wrong.
So Offline Captions does just the caption step, on your own computer:
• Drop in a clip, and speech recognition runs locally. Nothing is uploaded.
• The few words it's unsure about are flagged, so you fix only those.
• Pick a style (Bold, Clean, Punch, Reveal) and export a full-res MP4 plus SRT/VTT for CapCut, Premiere or DaVinci.
• Hinglish (Roman-script Hindi-English) works too.
You can try it free in your browser, no signup, for clips up to 5 minutes. The desktop app is $29 once for founding buyers (regular $39) with unlimited videos. Windows is out now and Mac is coming.
I'd love your honest feedback: which caption style would you actually post, and what's missing for your workflow?

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How do you caption your short videos right now, and what annoys you most?

Hey everyone, Gaurav here, maker of Offline Captions. I built it after CapCut put auto-captions behind its Pro plan. Before we launch on Thursday, I'd love to hear how you handle captions today: Which tool do you use: CapCut, Premiere, Descript, or typing them by hand? What slows you down most: fixing wrong words, styling, timing, or the price? Would you rather pay once for a desktop app or keep a monthly subscription? Honest answers help me decide what to build next. Happy to answer any questions about how it works offline too.

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Hey Product Hunt, I'm Gaurav 👋
I built Offline Captions after CapCut moved auto-captions behind its Pro plan ($179.99 a year). I only needed one thing from it: those word-by-word captions for short videos. Paying a subscription for that felt wrong.
So Offline Captions does just the caption step, on your own computer:
• Drop in a clip, and speech recognition runs locally. Nothing is uploaded.
• The few words it's unsure about are flagged, so you fix only those.
• Pick a style (Bold, Clean, Punch, Reveal) and export a full-res MP4 plus SRT/VTT for CapCut, Premiere or DaVinci.
• Hinglish (Roman-script Hindi-English) works too.
You can try it free in your browser, no signup, for clips up to 5 minutes. The desktop app is $29 once for founding buyers (regular $39) with unlimited videos. Windows is out now and Mac is coming.
I'd love your honest feedback: which caption style would you actually post, and what's missing for your workflow?