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The Cliperoni Team

AI captions for short-form video: 28 styles, auto-timed to every word

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In short: Cliperoni auto-captions your clips with word-level timing and 28 animated styles. It transcribes the audio, drops in captions that highlight each word exactly as it's spoken, and lets you pick a whole look in one click — no typing, no manual timing.

Key takeaways

  • Captions are generated automatically with word-level timing.
  • 28 animated styles in the Design tab, from clean to bold.
  • Randomize rolls a full caption look in one click; shuffles re-roll one part.
  • The highlight tracks each word as it's spoken and can cycle colors as words land.

Does Cliperoni caption clips automatically?

Yes — Cliperoni transcribes your clip and adds captions on its own, timed to the audio at the word level. The words appear as they're spoken, so the captions feel synced rather than pasted on, and you never type a caption or nudge a timing by hand.

What caption styles are available?

Cliperoni's Design tab has 28 animated caption styles, so a clip can read clean and legible or loud and scroll-stopping. Standouts include Blur Focus, Impact Shake, Drop In, Wave, Outline Fill, Glitch, Word Pill, Letter Bounce, Ransom Note, and Comic Pop — a range wide enough to give different shows their own look.

How do you pick a caption look quickly?

Hit Randomize and Cliperoni rolls a complete caption look — style and font — in one click. If most of it is right but one part is off, the per-Style and per-Font shuffles re-roll just that piece. It only sets the same controls you can set by hand, and nothing is saved until you save, so it's a fast way to explore looks without committing to anything.

How does the word highlight work?

The highlight tracks the spoken word: as the audio plays, each word lights up exactly when it's said, which is what makes captions feel alive instead of static. You can keep the highlight a single color or have it cycle through colors as the words land, so the captions carry a bit of motion on their own.

Do captions match the speaker?

Yes. Captions are built on word-level timing and speaker tagging, so on a multi-voice clip — a podcast or an X Space — the text stays in step with whoever is talking and the clip stays readable as the conversation moves.

Try it

Open a clip, hit Randomize in the Captions section, and find a look in a click.

Frequently asked questions

Does Cliperoni add captions automatically?
Yes. Cliperoni transcribes your clip and adds word-level captions automatically, so the text appears in sync with each word as it's spoken — you don't type or time anything by hand.
How many caption styles are there?
There are 28 animated caption styles in Cliperoni's Design tab, from clean looks to bold effects like Impact Shake, Glitch, Word Pill, and Comic Pop.
How do I pick a caption look quickly?
Hit Randomize to roll a whole caption look in one click, or use the per-Style and per-Font shuffles to re-roll just one part until it looks right — nothing saves until you save.
Are the captions timed to the audio?
Yes. Captions use word-level timing, so the highlight lands on each word exactly as it's spoken, and speaker tagging keeps multi-voice clips readable.