Plentake turns your transcript into clean, correctly-timed captions with one click — free, in whichever language you're editing in. Turn on AI polish and it regroups lines by meaning instead of just word count, so they read the way a person would break them.
Most caption tools want you to export a file, drag it into a separate app, then re-import whatever comes back — and if you cut the video afterward, the timing drifts and you start over. Captioning should happen where the editing already happens.
Plentake's Captions tab reads the transcript you already have (or makes one on the spot) and builds subtitles straight on your timeline — correctly timed to your current cuts, in whichever language you recorded in. It's free: plain subtitle generation doesn't use credits. Turn on AI polish for 5 credits and the wording gets regrouped by meaning — fewer awkward mid-sentence breaks, lines that read the way a person would actually say them.
Three steps, all inside Premiere Pro — no exporting, no separate app.
Transcribe the open sequence right from the Captions tab, or reuse a transcript you already made in another tool — Plentake shares one transcript across the whole panel.
Choose how many words and characters a caption line can hold, and switch on AI polish if you want lines regrouped by meaning instead of raw word count.
Plentake builds the captions and times them to your current sequence, so if you've already trimmed dead air or filler words, the subtitles follow the edit, not the original recording.
Standalone caption generators don't know your sequence changed. Plentake lives inside Premiere, so captions are built from the transcript you're already using and timed to the cuts you've already made — not a separate file you have to keep back in sync.
Captions default to sensible settings, but every part of the line style is yours to adjust:
From a raw sequence to timed, on-timeline subtitles.
In Premiere Pro: Window → Extensions → Plentake. Sign in — a free account unlocks the A-Roll Cleaner and gives you credits to try the paid tools.
It sits right between A-Roll Cleaner and B-Roll Editor in the sidebar.
If this sequence hasn't been transcribed yet, the tab's own "Transcribe this sequence" button handles it — free, in ~99 languages. If you already transcribed it elsewhere in the panel, Plentake reuses that transcript automatically.
Defaults work for most platforms, but adjust them if you're targeting a specific caption style or strict width limit.
Optional, 5 credits — it regroups caption lines by meaning instead of a strict word count, so breaks fall where a person would naturally pause.
Plentake builds the captions and times them to your sequence as it stands right now, cuts included — ready to review, restyle or export.
Start free with the A-Roll Cleaner and Captions, then try the AI tools with trial credits — no credit card to begin.
Get started — freeYes. Plain subtitle generation from your transcript doesn't use credits, on the free plan or any paid plan. The only optional cost is AI polish (5 credits), which regroups lines by meaning instead of a strict word count.
Whichever language you recorded in. Captions follow your transcript's language automatically — Standard transcription (free) covers around 99 languages, and Premium transcription on paid plans is tuned for 18 languages for the highest accuracy.
Build captions after you've made your cuts for the best match — Plentake times each caption to the sequence as it stands at that moment. If you cut again afterward, regenerate the captions so the timing follows the new edit.
No — it only changes where lines break. Instead of cutting strictly at a word or character count, it regroups the same words by meaning, so a line doesn't end mid-thought.
No. The Captions tab has its own "Transcribe this sequence" button, so you can go straight from a raw sequence to subtitles without visiting another tab. If you've already transcribed it elsewhere in the panel, Plentake reuses that transcript instead of making a new one.
Animated caption styles are in the works and not available yet. Today, Captions produces standard timed subtitles that land on your timeline as regular clips, which you can restyle with Premiere's own text tools.