Punjabi caption generator, free in your browser

Burn animated word-by-word Punjabi captions into your video, or caption an English video in Punjabi. Your footage never leaves your device. Free to use: no mark on your first two videos, then a small mark, or $49 once for none.

Caption a video in Punjabi, free
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Live preview in ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, rendered on this page by the same engine that burns your video.

What you get in Punjabi

A speech model made for Punjabi

Punjabi speech can be written two ways, and Burncaps asks you once which you want. Our speech service (Microsoft's MAI-Transcribe, run in the EU) writes it best and names the language by itself: on public Punjabi test recordings (Google FLEURS) it got about 86 in 100 words and 94 in 100 letters right before any correction, in Gurmukhi, in about half a second a clip. Only the sound goes to it, never the picture, and nothing is kept. Or everything stays on your device: a speech model made for Punjabi (AI4Bharat's IndicConformer, open source, 138 MB once) got about 81 in 100 words and 95 in 100 letters right on the same kind of recordings. Every word is click-to-edit before you export.

Gurmukhi, drawn properly

Punjabi words are drawn in Noto Sans Gurmukhi, an open-source face made for Gurmukhi and served from Burncaps itself, at the weight of the style you choose.

Punjabi captions on an English video

Speak English and choose Punjabi under Captions in: every line is translated and laid over the same moments, so the captions keep their word-by-word rhythm. The reverse works too, Punjabi speech captioned in English.

Who this is for

Punjabi creators in Punjab, the UK and Canada who write in Gurmukhi, and anyone who wants the same video to reach Punjabi viewers. Search for "punjabi caption generator" and most results upload your video to a server and charge by the month; Burncaps does the work on your own device, so the free videos are not bait: after them you can keep going free with a small burncaps.app mark, or pay $49, once, for none.

Against the usual caption apps

What mattersBurncapsTypical caption app
PunjabiWritten by a speech model made for PunjabiOften English-first, Punjabi as an afterthought
PriceFree to use: no mark on your first two videos, then a small mark, or $49 once for none$15 to $25 a month
WatermarkNone on your first two videos; a small burncaps.app mark after, which Pro removesUsually on every free video
Your footageStays on your deviceUploaded to their servers
AccountNoneRequired

Questions, answered plainly

Does it write real Punjabi?

Yes, in Gurmukhi. When Burncaps hears an Indian language it offers our speech service, which names the language itself and got about 86 in 100 Punjabi words right in our test (only the sound is sent, never the picture, and nothing is kept), or a speech model made for Punjabi that runs on your own device (138 MB once, about 81 in 100). Every word is click-to-edit before you export.

Can I get Punjabi captions on an English video?

Yes. Choose Punjabi under Captions in and the lines are translated, keeping the word-by-word timing of the original. The translation sends the transcript text, never the video, and you can switch it off with Keep everything on this device.

Are the Punjabi captions drawn in a proper font?

Yes. Punjabi words are drawn in Noto Sans Gurmukhi, an open-source face made for Gurmukhi, loaded from Burncaps itself.

Is there a watermark on the free videos?

Not on your first two: they are free with every feature and no mark of ours. After that you can keep going free, and each video carries a small burncaps.app mark in the top corner; Pro, $49 once, gives unlimited videos with no mark, never a subscription.

Does my video get uploaded?

No. The video never leaves your device. On a computer the speech model runs in your browser. On a phone, for a language other than English, or when you ask for a closer transcript, you can choose our speech service instead: then the sound goes to it in short pieces, never the picture, and nothing is kept. The transcript text leaves only for the 30 or 60 second cut, the name check or a translation, and a tick box keeps everything on your device.

Burncaps facts, checked 28 September 2026

What it is: a browser tool that burns animated word-by-word captions into a talking video, or cuts it to its best 30 or 60 seconds.

Price: free with every feature, for as many videos as you like. The first two carry no mark; after that each carries a small burncaps.app credit, which Pro removes for $49 once. Pro is not a subscription.

Privacy: the video never leaves your browser. The sound leaves only if you choose our speech service.

Files: MP4 or MOV up to ten minutes in; an MP4 with the captions burned in out. SRT, VTT, ASS and text files are free without limit.

Languages and styles: captions in the language spoken, twelve Indian languages heard on your device, translation into 37 languages, 20 caption styles.

Made by: Jordan Labs Ltd, UK company no. 17358646.

Against other tools: twelve caption tools compared, from the vendors' own pages.