AI Subtitles for Arabic Dialects

ArabCap generates AI subtitles for Arabic dialects, not only Modern Standard Arabic. Creators use it for Moroccan Darija, Algerian Darija, Tunisian Darija, Egyptian Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Arabizi, and Arabic mixed with French or English. Export SRT, VTT, TXT, or JSON in minutes.

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Why dialect subtitles are different from Modern Standard Arabic

Almost nobody speaks Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in everyday life. People speak Darija in Morocco, Egyptian in Cairo, Khaleeji in the Gulf and Shami in the Levant, and the vocabulary changes from one region to the next. Software trained mostly on MSA tends to guess at words it has never seen in a news bulletin.

The same everyday sentence shows how far apart they are. "I want" is أريد in MSA, بغيت in Moroccan Darija, عايز in Egyptian, أبغى in Gulf Arabic and بدي in Levantine Arabic. A subtitle tool has to recognise all of these as ordinary speech, not as errors.

Dialect groups ArabCap covers

  • Maghrebi: Moroccan Darija, Algerian Darija and Tunisian, often mixed with French.
  • Egyptian (Masri): the most widely understood dialect, common in film and TV.
  • Gulf (Khaleeji): Emirati, Saudi, Kuwaiti and neighbouring varieties.
  • Levantine (Shami): Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and Jordanian speech.
  • Modern Standard Arabic, for news, lectures and formal video.
  • Arabizi: Arabic written in Latin letters and numbers, as used in chats and social posts.

Choose the output that fits your audience

You pick the output for each video: Arabic script or Arabizi. Export as SRT or VTT for your editor, or TXT and JSON when you want the transcript for editing and search. The Pro and Max plans include a built-in Arabic keyboard for correcting a line.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Arabic dialects can ArabCap subtitle?

Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian Darija, Egyptian Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic and Arabizi, including speech that mixes Arabic with French or English.

Do I need to tell ArabCap which dialect my video uses?

You choose the output style when you submit a video. ArabCap is built for dialect-heavy speech, so you do not need to convert your audio to Modern Standard Arabic first.

Can I get subtitles in more than one script?

Yes. Choose Arabic script or Arabizi as the output for each video.

Can I use ArabCap with Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and CapCut?

Yes. For Premiere Pro there is a free ArabCap extension that puts captions straight on your timeline, on Mac and Windows. For DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut and other editors, ArabCap exports SRT and VTT files.

Does ArabCap support Arabizi?

Yes. ArabCap supports Arabizi — Arabic written in Latin characters mixed with numbers — as part of its dialect recognition system.