Generate Captions for a Reel
Paste a public Reel link or upload the video and get a downloadable SRT/VTT caption file – ready in minutes.
Accepts a public Instagram Reel link, or the video file · returns a downloadable SRT/VTT caption file with timestamps.
The link option works on public Instagram Reels and posts only – not Stories or private accounts. Pepys produces a downloadable SRT/VTT caption file from the speech; it does not burn subtitles into the video. To caption private content, upload the video file you have the right to use.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I generate captions for an Instagram Reel?
To caption an Instagram Reel, paste a public Reel link or upload the video to Pepys and it transcribes the speech into a downloadable SRT or VTT caption file with accurate timestamps, in minutes, across 99+ languages. You can try it with no signup, and your first 60 minutes are free.
How instagram reel captions works
Add your Reel
Paste a public Instagram Reel link, or upload the video file directly – nothing to install.
Generate the captions
AI transcribes the speech into timed caption lines with accurate timestamps in minutes.
Download SRT or VTT
Tweak any line inline, then export a ready-to-use .srt or .vtt caption file.
Captions are what stop a Reel from being scrolled past on mute – but typing them line by line and timing each one is tedious. Pepys does it for you: paste a public Reel link or upload the video and get a timed caption file back in minutes, with the timestamps already lined up to the audio.
You get a clean .srt or .vtt sidecar file you can upload alongside your video or load into your editor. It works in 99+ languages, you can try it with no signup, and your first 60 minutes are free – then it's pay-as-you-go, credits never expire, and we never train on your video.
Clean paragraphs. No more um's and ah's.
The left is what Pepys hands back – logical paragraphs with the filler stripped out, punctuated and readable. The right is the raw, one-line-per-segment dump most transcribers leave you with.
um so yeah everyone keeps telling you to like lead with your best line right but uh honestly if you give away the whole answer in the first second you know there's basically no reason for anyone to keep watching so the hook isn't kind of the smartest thing you say it's like a loop you open that they need to close and um that's the part that actually keeps people around
RawPaste a Reel link or upload the video – captions either way
Timed SRT/VTT lines, ready for your editor or upload
Edit any caption line inline before you export
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your video · credits never expire
Any language – 99+ detected automatically
- English
- 中文
- Español
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Français
- 日本語
- Português
- Русский
- Deutsch
- 한국어
- Italiano
- বাংলা
- Türkçe
- فارسی
- Tiếng Việt
- தமிழ்
- Polski
- ไทย
- Українська
- Nederlands
- עברית
- Ελληνικά
- తెలుగు
- Bahasa Indonesia
- اردو
- Svenska
- मराठी
- Română
- Magyar
- Čeština
- ગુજરાતી
- Kiswahili
- ქართული
- Tagalog
- አማርኛ
Works with the platforms you live in.
Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts – or drop in any audio or video file. We transcribe it once, then you export it however your workflow needs.
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Instagram reel captions – questions, answered
How do I generate captions for an Instagram Reel?
Paste a public Reel link or upload the video on this page – you can try it with no signup. Pepys transcribes the speech into timed lines you can edit and download as an SRT or VTT file.
Do the captions get burned into the video?
No. Pepys produces a downloadable .srt or .vtt sidecar caption file – not subtitles baked into the picture. You add it to your video in your editor or when you upload.
Which Reels does the link option work on?
Public Reels and posts only – not Stories or private accounts. For anything else, upload the video file directly and Pepys will caption it the same way.
Can I caption a Reel in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished captions into another language before exporting.
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