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Guides on subtitling, transcription and live captions, written by the people building them.
Guides on subtitling, transcription and live captions, written by the people building them.
Stop retyping what was said.

Tactiq is a Chrome-extension transcription tool focused on Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. This compares Tactiq and Subanana on pricing, language support, integrations, and AI summary — based on each tool's published documentation.

Subtitles play a crucial role in videos. High-quality subtitles can enhance the viewer's experience, boost your video’s traffic, and make information easier to understand. Here are four often overlooked tips for creating video subtitles to improve video quality and traffic.

To turn non-English audio or video into English, you transcribe the speech first and then translate the text — two steps, not one. AI does the heavy lifting well now, but some languages are far harder to get right than others. This guide walks the general workflow and shows where AI shines and where you still do the work, with real examples from the tough cases.

Happy Scribe leads on language breadth and a human-verified transcription option. Subanana leads on harder real-world audio — mixed-language, code-switched, accented, and multi-speaker recordings — plus live multilingual event captioning. Different jobs — here's how to tell which one matches your work.

Add subtitles to a CapCut video by importing an SRT file, using auto-captions, or typing them manually. This guide covers all three methods, including how to import an SRT file on CapCut desktop and web, with steps for PC and mobile.

Every meeting tool advertises a language count — 6, 100+, 95+ — and the numbers don't line up because they're self-reported and unaudited. Here's what actually determines whether your non-English or mixed-language meeting transcribes well, and a 20-minute test you can run on your own audio before you pay for anything.

Supernormal is a meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams with AI-generated notes and CRM integrations. This compares Supernormal and Subanana on pricing, language support, integrations, and AI summary — based on each tool's published documentation.

A side-by-side of Subanana and Otter using each tool's published documentation. Pricing, features, language coverage, and where each fits — without invented benchmark numbers or fabricated tests.

WhatsApp transcribes voice messages itself — Settings → Chats → Voice message transcripts, then long-press and tap Transcribe. The text stays in the chat and can't be translated, exported, or speaker-labelled. For text you can edit and keep, save the audio out and run it through a transcription tool.

In this guide, we’ll explore how to transcribe voice memos, look at the easiest methods to do it, and show you how to seamlessly make it part of your daily routine. Let’s jump in and get started!

An honest documentation-based roundup of Otter.ai alternatives — Fireflies, Fathom, Descript, Happy Scribe, Rev, and Subanana. When Otter's still the right call, when a specific alternative wins, and the buyer profile each one fits.

Google Meet can save a transcript and even take AI meeting notes — but only in 8 languages, only on a paid Workspace edition, and the saved record skips Chinese entirely. This guide explains exactly what Meet's built-in transcript and Gemini notes do, where the limits are, and when it's worth using Subanana to get a structured, multilingual meeting record with speaker labels and an AI summary.