How To Create English (United States) Subtitles

Creating subtitles for audio and video in the English (United States) language can be a powerful tool for researchers, marketers, and businesses. Subtitles can be used to make audio and video content more accessible to viewers and also to boost engagement.

What are Subtitles?

Subtitles are text that is synchronized with a video or audio file. They are typically used to provide translations of the dialogue in a video or audio file and to provide captions for viewers who have trouble hearing the audio. Subtitles are different from captions in that captions are intended to provide a transcript of all audio elements in a video or audio file, including sound effects and music.

Where is the English (United States) Language Used?

English (United States) is the official language of the United States of America and is widely used in many other countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Africa. According to Ethnologue, there are over 250 million native speakers of English (United States) and over 1 billion total speakers worldwide.

Benefits of Transcription and Creating Subtitles

Creating subtitles for audio and video content in the English (United States) language provides a number of benefits. In addition to making audio and video content more accessible to viewers, subtitles also have the potential to boost engagement with the content. Subtitles can also be used to create keyword-rich content for SEO purposes.

Transcription of audio and video content in the English (United States) language can also provide a number of benefits. It can be used to create an index of audio and video content for easy searchability. It can also be used to create summaries and transcripts of audio and video content for further analysis.

Using Speak AI to Create Subtitles

Speak AI is a powerful speech recognition and natural language platform with over 70,000 users. Speak AI makes it easy to create English (United States) subtitles for audio and video content quickly and accurately. The software is easy to use and provides a number of features such as automatic transcription, translation, and subtitle creation. Speak AI also provides a number of tools to help optimize subtitles for SEO, including auto-generated meta tags and keyword-rich titles.

Conclusion

Creating subtitles for audio and video content in English (United States) language can be a powerful tool for researchers, marketers, and businesses. Speak AI makes it easy to create subtitles quickly and accurately, and provides a number of features to help optimize subtitles for SEO. By using Speak AI to create subtitles, you can make your audio and video content more accessible to viewers and boost engagement with the content.

Step 1: Create a Speak Account

To start your English (United States) subtitling, you first need to create a Speak account. No worries, this is super easy to do!

Our team is happy to give you a 7-day trial with 30 minutes of free English (United States) audio and video subtitling included.

To sign up for Speak and start your English (United States) subtitling, visit the Speak app register page here.

Step 2: Upload your English (United States) file(s) for subtitling

We typically recommend MP4s for video or MP3s for audio.

However, we accept a range of audio and video file types. Once you upload your file all you have to do is select “English (United States)” from the language dropdown menu to automatically subtitle in English (United States).

You can upload your English (United States) file for subtitling in several ways using Speak:

Accepted English (United States) Audio File Types

English (United States) MP3
English (United States) M4A
English (United States) WAV
English (United States) OGG
English (United States) WEBM
English (United States) M4P

Accepted English (United States) Video File Types

English (United States) MP4
English (United States) M4V
English (United States) WMV
English (United States) AVI
English (United States) MOV
English (United States) FLV

Publicly Available English (United States) URLs

You can also upload media to Speak through a publicly available URL.

As long as the file type extension is available at the end of the URL you will have no problem importing your recording for automatic English (United States) subtitling and analysis.

English (United States) YouTube URLs

Speak is compatible with YouTube videos. All you have to do is copy the URL of the YouTube video (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKfcLcHeivc).

Speak will automatically find the file, calculate the length, and import the video.

Please make sure you use the full link and not the shortened YouTube snippet. Additionally, make sure you remove the channel name from the URL.

Speak Integrations

As mentioned, Speak also contains a range of integrations for Zoom, Zapier, Vimeo and more that will help you automatically subtitle your media.

This library of integrations continues to grow! Have a request? Feel encouraged to send us a message.

Step 3: Calculate and pay the total automatically

Once you have your English (United States) audio or video file ready and load it into Speak, it will automatically calculate the total cost (you get 30 minutes free in the trial – take advantage of it!).

You can pay by subscribing to a personalized plan using our real-time calculator with included minutes.

You can also add a balance or pay for uploads without a plan using your credit card.

Step 4: Wait for Speak to subtitle your English (United States) audio or English (United States) video

Our automated subtitling software will prepare your English (United States) subtitles in as little as a few minutes. Generally, Speak takes about half the audio or video length to produce the subtitles and insights.

Once completed, you will get an email notification that your English (United States) subtitles is complete. That email will contain a link back to the file so you can access the interactive media player with the English (United States) subtitles, analysis, and export formats ready for you.

Step 5: View and edit your automated English (United States) subtitles

Want to tackle the subtitles edits yourself? All good! Once you receive your automated subtitles you have the option to edit your subtitles at any time.

Easily update speaker names, find and replace, and get your automatic English (United States) subtitles up to full accuracy with our intuitive subtitles editing system.

Step 6: Export your English (United States) subtitles and share interactive media players

With Speak, you can easily export English (United States) subtitles to many formats.

Below is a list of options for exporting your English (United States) subtitles in Speak:

Export English (United States) subtitles to SRTs
Export English (United States) subtitles to VTTs

A more effective way of sharing subtitles is through a shareable media library that includes the media file, AI insights and interactive subtitles.

There is so much more that you can do with Speak to enrich the value of your media and subtitles.

Never hesitate to send us a message on live chat – we are always here to help!

We talked about English (United States) subtitling here, but you may be interested in how to subtitle in other languages instantly and easily with Speak’s intuitive subtitling and natural language processing software.

We’ve shared resources below on all the languages Speak can help you subtitle!

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How Much Does It Cost To Subtitle English (United States)?

Speak offers highly competitive pricing for English (United States) subtitling compared to other subtitling solutions. For a starting user, Speak offers automated English (United States) subtitling for only $0.025 USD per minute. That is only $1.50 USD per hour!

We also scale our pricing based on media volume and can offer even bigger discounts to large customers.

So, if you have over 100 hours of English (United States) subtitling per month please contact us through live chat and we will set you up with a customized price per minute to make English (United States) subtitling even more affordable!

You can learn more about how to subtitle English (United States) with Speak and the relevant pricing on the website pricing page and the in-app pricing page.

What Can You Subtitle In English (United States)?

Subtitle English (United States) interviews
Subtitle English (United States) videos
Subtitle English (United States) audio
Subtitle English (United States) earnings calls
Subtitle English (United States) focus groups
Subtitle English (United States) meetings
Subtitle English (United States) phone calls
Subtitle English (United States) YouTube videos
Subtitle English (United States) Vimeo videos
Subtitle English (United States) Zoom recordings
Subtitle English (United States) Google Meet recordings
Subtitle Microsoft Teams recordings
Subtitle English (United States) podcasts

And so much more!

What Other Languages Can Speak Subtitle?

Speak already has users from over 90 countries and we continuously get requests to subtitle and analyze in different languages.

So, we continuously add more languages to Speak! Here are just some of the growing list of languages that Speak offers:

There are now many more added!

You can see the entire list of languages Speak supports through both the software and APIs.

How To Create English (United States) Subtitles

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