Speak Subtitles for YouTube
Reads YouTube subtitles out loud with synthetic voices in many languages, so you can listen to a video instead of reading captions.
Video & YouTubeyoutube subtitles
Chrome extension
vCaptions
Shows a clickable transcript beside YouTube, Bilibili and other web videos, with dual-language subtitles, chapters and AI summaries.
Check who publishes it and what it asks to access on its Chrome Web Store page before you install it.
What it does
vCaptions shows a clickable transcript beside videos on YouTube, Bilibili and other sites, with dual-language subtitles, generated chapters and AI summaries. It suits language learners, students and researchers who study video content.
Key features
- Shows the full caption list next to the video; click a line to jump there
- Displays dual subtitles with real-time translation
- Generates chapters automatically when a video has none
- Summarizes videos and answers questions about them with ChatGPT
- Exports subtitles as SRT, VTT or TXT files
Use cases
- Learning a language by comparing original and translated captions
- Jumping to a specific part of a long lecture
- Saving a video's captions for offline notes
Getting started
Play a video on YouTube, Bilibili or another site and open the vCaptions panel in sidebar, floating or embedded mode.
Good to know
Transcripts depend on the subtitles available for a video. AI summaries and chat send caption text to ChatGPT.
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