A native plugin that lives right inside Premiere Pro. It runs 100% offline on your own Mac or Win: your footage never leaves your machine, no cloud, no API keys, no internet, no subscription. It also happens to speak 99 languages, including the ones Adobe forgot.
I'm a producer at a Ukrainian production company — honestly, it already feels like a lifesaver. Adobe not having a Ukrainian option was such a pain; up until now we literally had someone transcribing videos by hand. This tool does the whole thing right inside Premiere, and it's fast. The whole editing team is already on board.
"This plugin is quite amazing. It has many languages that Premiere doesn't natively offer, and it can work offline if you have sensitive footage. The developer, Igor, is very accessible for any trouble-shooting."
"This plugin is worth every single cent — it's honestly 100/10! I'll definitely recommend it to my friends because it's such an incredibly useful tool. ❤️"
"CaptionLab has become an essential part of my editing workflow. The transcription is impressively accurate, the Premiere Pro integration is smooth, and the whole experience feels polished and intuitive."
"I tried CaptionLab for Ukrainian and it works great! Developer (Igor) is also very responsive. Highly recommend."
"Offline subtitles at this price point are honestly a no-brainer for editors who care about client footage security."
Every language OpenAI Whisper supports. Not 16. Not 27. Ninety-nine.
Pick yours. Or one of 90 more. CaptionLab speaks them all.
+ 50 more — Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Welsh, Yoruba, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Maltese, Hawaiian, and dozens more.
If you're reading any of these — yes, CaptionLab is for you.
If you edit video in a language Adobe ignores, every project starts with the same dread.
3 to 5 hours of manual subtitling for every hour of footage. Time you'll never get back.
Adobe's Speech-to-Text works great — if you speak one of 16 languages. Yours isn't one of them.
Creative Cloud. Spotify. Netflix. ChatGPT. Every tool wants $15/month — forever.
Cloud tools send your confidential footage to servers you don't control. NDA? What NDA?
All of this — fixable in 60 seconds.
See how it works ↓No export. No upload. No waiting for a server. Open the panel and go.
▶ Watch it in action 60-second walkthrough, real timeline
CaptionLab lives right inside Premiere Pro. Window → Extensions → CaptionLab.
Choose from 99 languages — or let it auto-detect. One click does it all.
Subtitles appear as an editable Premiere caption track. Tweak and ship.
We did the research so you don't have to.
| Feature | Adobe built-in | Cloud tools | CaptionLab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languages | ~16 | 99 | 99 |
| Runs offline | ✗ cloud | ✗ cloud | ✓ local |
| API key required | ✗ | ✗ yes | ✓ none |
| Footage stays private | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ always |
| Pricing | $55/mo CC | $15/mo+ | $39 once |
| Subscription | ✗ required | ✗ required | ✓ never |
| Per-minute fees / caps | none | ✗ metered | ✓ unlimited |
This is why CaptionLab is $39 once — not $15/month forever.
See pricing →I'm an editor. Same as you.
For years I watched Adobe roll out Speech-to-Text in English, then Spanish, then French — and then just stop. My Ukrainian projects? Polish? Turkish? "Not supported." So I typed every subtitle by hand. Hours and hours, for every project.
Then I tried the cloud tools. They worked — but they wanted my footage on their servers, my credit card on file, and $15 every month forever. For client work under NDA? No way.
So I built CaptionLab. The plugin I wanted to exist. Local. Fast. 99 languages. One price. No subscription. Your footage stays where it belongs — on your own computer.
If this sounds like something you need too — try it. 14-day refund if it's not for you. No hard feelings.
Yes. After the one-time setup, no internet needed. Your audio never leaves your computer.
Works on any Mac with macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon or Intel) or Windows 10/11 — with optional NVIDIA GPU acceleration on Windows.
Email us within 14 days for a full refund.
No tiers. No upsells. No catch.
Premiere Pro 2022–2026 · macOS & Windows
Buy once. Use forever.
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By purchasing or installing CaptionLab ("the Software"), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.
Edit Lab Tools grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal license to install and use CaptionLab on Mac or Windows computers you personally own or control. This is a single-user license. You may not share, resell, or redistribute the Software or installation files.
You may not: (a) reverse engineer or decompile the Software; (b) redistribute or resell it; (c) remove copyright notices; (d) use it to build a competing product.
The CaptionLab platform, brand, and codebase — and all intellectual property rights in the Software — remain the exclusive property of Edit Lab Tools. This license does not transfer ownership, and none of it may be copied, reproduced, or redistributed without permission.
You retain full ownership of your footage, audio, transcripts, and any other content you process with CaptionLab. Edit Lab Tools does not claim ownership over your files or the subtitles CaptionLab generates for you — and since all processing happens locally on your own computer, we never receive or have access to that content in the first place.
CaptionLab uses open-source components including OpenAI Whisper (MIT), faster-whisper (MIT), Flask (BSD), ffmpeg (LGPL/GPL), and Python (PSF). On Apple Silicon Macs, mlx-whisper (MIT) is used instead of faster-whisper. On Windows with an NVIDIA GPU, small CUDA runtime libraries (nvidia-cublas-cu12, nvidia-cudnn-cu12 — NVIDIA's proprietary redistributable license) are also installed to speed up transcription. AI models are downloaded from HuggingFace at first launch under their respective licenses.
You are entitled to all minor updates (v1.x) for the version you purchased. Major version upgrades may require an additional purchase.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. EDITLAB DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL EDITLAB BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF THE SOFTWARE. TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE.
This license is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach any term. Upon termination, you must uninstall and delete all copies.
These Terms are governed by the laws of Ukraine. Disputes shall be resolved through good-faith negotiation; failing that, through the courts of Ukraine.
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Last updated: June 2026 · Edit Lab Tools
CaptionLab is designed for privacy. All audio processing happens locally on your own computer (Mac or Windows). Your footage, audio, and transcripts are never uploaded to Edit Lab Tools or any third party.
We do not collect, store, or transmit: your audio or video files; transcripts or subtitles generated by the plugin; your Premiere Pro project data; or any usage analytics from within the plugin.
When you purchase CaptionLab, payment is processed by Paddle.com Market Limited ("Paddle"), who acts as the Merchant of Record. Paddle collects your name, email address, and payment information. Edit Lab Tools receives your email address and order details from Paddle for the purpose of delivering the product and providing support. For Paddle's privacy practices, see paddle.com/legal/privacy.
On first launch, CaptionLab downloads Python, ffmpeg, and the Whisper AI model (~3 GB) from their official public sources (GitHub, HuggingFace). These are one-time downloads. After setup, the plugin runs entirely offline.
We use your email solely to deliver your purchase, send the download link, and provide support if you contact us. We do not send marketing emails unless you explicitly opt in. We do not sell or share your email with third parties.
We retain your email and order information as long as necessary to provide support and re-download access. You may request deletion at any time by emailing editlabtools@gmail.com.
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CaptionLab is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.
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Last updated: June 2026 · Edit Lab Tools
If CaptionLab doesn't work for you for any reason, we will issue a full refund within 14 days of your purchase date.
Email editlabtools@gmail.com with your order number (found in your purchase confirmation email). We will process the refund within 3–5 business days. Refunds are returned to the original payment method via Paddle.
We do not offer refunds for purchases older than 14 days, except in cases of technical issues that we are unable to resolve.
If CaptionLab fails to install or function correctly on your computer and our support team cannot resolve the issue, you are entitled to a full refund regardless of the time elapsed since purchase.
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