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Cantonese subtitles generator

Turn a Cantonese video or recording into a ready-to-use SRT subtitle file: upload the file or paste a link, see its exact length and price, pay once ($1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours) and download Cantonese subtitles with timings, plus the plain-text transcript. Need subtitles in English or another language too? Add a translation and get a second SRT with the same timings. No account, no subscription.

$1 up to 60 minutes $3 up to 10 hours TXT + SRT 粵語 No signup

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dailymotion, Loom, or a direct link to an audio/video file.

About Cantonese recordings

Cantonese is written in Chinese characters. Spoken Cantonese differs from written standard Chinese, so a transcript can contain Cantonese-specific characters (such as 嘅, 咗, 喺) or be closer to standard written Chinese depending on the speech. Mandarin has its own page.

Cantonese transcription at a glance

Native name
粵語
Writing system
Chinese characters
Writing direction
Left to right
Spoken in
Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province in China, and by Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, North America, the United Kingdom and Australia
Price
$1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours, per file
You get
Full transcript as TXT, TXT with timestamps and SRT subtitles
Translation
Into any of 141 other languages, included in the price
Language code
yue
Transcribe Cantonese audio to text

How to make Cantonese subtitles

  1. Upload the video or audio (up to 5 GB) or paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or another platform.
  2. Keep Cantonese as the spoken language (or auto-detect), add a translation if you also want subtitles in another language, and pay once.
  3. Download the Cantonese SRT file and add it to your video in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, VLC or any player that reads SRT.

What the Cantonese SRT file contains

Numbered subtitle blocks, each with a start time, an end time and the Cantonese text spoken in between. It is plain UTF-8 text, so you can open it in any text editor, correct a name or a word and upload it again. You also get the full transcript as TXT, with and without timestamps.

Subtitles in Cantonese and in a second language

Choose a translation language before paying and you get two SRT files with identical timings: the original Cantonese subtitles and the translated ones. One translation is included in the price, so bilingual or translated captions for YouTube, courses and social video take no extra work.

Captions for YouTube, social video and editing

YouTube Studio accepts SRT files directly under Subtitles. Most video editors import SRT as a caption track that you can style and burn into the picture; for TikTok, Reels or Shorts you can paste the text into the app's own caption tool. The file is yours to edit and reuse, with no watermark.

Written in Chinese characters, not in Latin letters

Your transcript comes back in Chinese characters, the script Cantonese is normally written in, not as a romanised approximation. The SRT file is plain UTF-8 text, so the characters display correctly in YouTube Studio, VLC, Premiere Pro and other modern players and editors.

An honest note on accuracy

Automatic speech recognition has seen far less recorded Cantonese than English or Spanish, so expect more mistakes in names, place names and specialist terms, especially in noisy recordings. Clear speech close to the microphone gives the best result. If a paid file cannot be transcribed at all, you are refunded automatically.

Questions

How do I add the Cantonese SRT to a YouTube video?

In YouTube Studio open the video, go to Subtitles, add Cantonese as a language, choose Upload file, select "With timing" and pick the SRT file. The captions appear once YouTube has processed them.

Are the subtitle timings accurate?

Each subtitle block starts and ends with the speech it contains, based on the timing of the recognised words. Long silences, music and overlapping voices can shift a line slightly; you can adjust any time in a subtitle editor or a plain text editor.

Can I get Cantonese subtitles translated to English?

Yes. Pick English (or any of 141 other languages) as the translation language before paying. You get the Cantonese SRT and a English SRT with the same timings.

How much do Cantonese subtitles cost?

$1 for a file up to 60 minutes and $3 up to 10 hours, the same for every language. You see the exact price after the file is checked and before you pay, and there is no subscription.

Will the Cantonese transcript be in Chinese characters?

Yes. The text is written in Chinese characters, the way Cantonese is normally written, not transliterated into Latin letters.

Is Cantonese supported as well as English?

It is supported, but less recorded Cantonese exists for training speech models, so the transcript usually needs more checking than an English one. The price is the same, and a file that fails entirely is refunded automatically.

Last updated October 27, 2026

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