Captions Python Packages

youtube-transcript-api

This is a python API which allows you to get the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require an API key nor a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!

webvtt-py

Read, write, convert and segment WebVTT caption files in Python.

rev-ai

Rev AI Python SDK

ffsubsync

Automagically synchronize subtitles with video.

tituli

Text in video: title cards, credits, captions and calligrams with tasteful defaults

vinowhisper

NPU-accelerated local voice typing & auto-captioning (with translations) on Linux via OpenVINO GenAI Whisper

getyoutubetranscript

YouTube Transcript API Python SDK: get YouTube video transcripts, search YouTube, list channel and playlist videos with one typed client. No Google API key.

autosrt

A python script COMMAND LINE utility to AUTO GENERATE SUBTITLE FILE (using free Google Speech Recognition API) and TRANSLATED SUBTITLE FILE (using unofficial online Google Translate API) for any video or audio file

subaligner

Automatically synchronize and translate subtitles, or create new ones by transcribing, using pre-trained DNNs, Forced Alignments and Transformers. https://subaligner.readthedocs.io/

datasety

CLI tool for dataset preparation: resize, align, caption, shuffle, synthetic, and mask generation.

ytapi-sdk

Python client for YTAPI: YouTube transcripts, video details, search, channels and playlists. No dependencies.

tiktok-live-api

TikTok LIVE API for Python - Real-time chat, gifts, viewers, battles & AI live captions. Managed WebSocket, 99.9% uptime, zero maintenance.

audio-subtitler

Extract vtt and srt subtitle using fast whisper

srt3

srt3 is a simple library for parsing, modifying, and composing SRT files.

dcc-mcp-capcut

CapCut Desktop MCP adapter for AI agents to compile edit plans, assemble video timelines and verify exports through a typed local bridge in the DCC-MCP ecosystem.

youtube-context-mcp

YouTube context for AI agents over MCP: transcripts (plain/timestamped), metadata, most-replayed heatmap peaks, and deep links to any moment.

localcaption

Local, offline Whisper transcription for YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, and local video/audio. Writes SRT, VTT, JSON. No API keys. whisper.cpp + optional faster-whisper.

wordcaps

Word-by-word karaoke captions for any video, made locally with Whisper and ffmpeg.

assy

Automatic subtitle synchronization tool.

yt-transcript-fetcher

A python package to fetch YouTube video transcripts

pyautosrt

PySimpleGUI based DESKTOP APP to AUTO GENERATE SUBTITLE FILE (using free Google Speech Recognition API) and TRANSLATED SUBTITLE FILE (using unofficial online Google Translate API) for any video or audio file

deafbench

Open-source accessibility benchmark for AI captions and automatic speech recognition systems.

midicap

Stand-alone, pure Python MIDI music captioner and analyzer

coloredcaps

Generate colored video-style YouTube XML captions.