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Subtitle Extract — Copy Subtitles from Video Screenshots

Extract subtitles and captions from screenshots of videos, films, and courses. Pull the on-screen text into editable text you can save or quote — screenshots are deleted right after recognition.

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Key features

Copy subtitles from video screenshots

Pause a video, screenshot the subtitle, and run OCR to get the text. Useful for language learning, note-taking, and quoting dialogue.

Bilingual subtitles in one pass

Handles screenshots with bilingual subtitles — Chinese and English captions stacked together — recognizing both in a single pass.

Batch process frames

Upload several subtitle screenshots at once for batch recognition and export every line together as a TXT file.

Deleted right after use

Subtitle screenshots are recognized by the server-side engine and automatically deleted once done — never stored.

How to use

  1. Screenshot the subtitle

    Pause the video at the subtitle you want, then capture a screenshot cropping tightly around the caption.

  2. Upload and recognize

    Drag the image in, pick the subtitle's language (Chinese + English for bilingual captions), and start recognition.

  3. Save or quote the text

    Review the recognized subtitle text, copy it, or export several frames' subtitles together as a TXT file.

FAQ

Can it extract subtitles directly from a video file?

No. It recognizes text from images, not video files. Pause the video, screenshot the subtitle, then upload the image for recognition.

Does it handle stylized subtitle fonts?

Regular, high-contrast subtitles recognize well. Heavily decorative or outlined fonts, or subtitles over busy backgrounds, may reduce accuracy.

Can it read bilingual subtitles?

Yes. Chinese and English are recognized together in one pass, so both caption lines stacked in a bilingual screenshot come out together.

Are subtitle screenshots uploaded?

Yes — images are uploaded to the server-side engine, then automatically deleted right after recognition and never stored.

Can I batch process many subtitle frames?

Yes. Upload multiple subtitle screenshots for batch recognition and export all the lines together as a TXT file.