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Kannada captions for Reels and Shorts
Captik transcribes Kannada speech and times every word to your voice. Keep it in Kannada script, spell it in Roman letters, or show an English translation.
Free to try, no card. Any video, any size.
ಇವತ್ತು ನಾವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸುತ್ತೋಣ
“Let’s explore Bengaluru today.”
How Kannada script looks on screen
Kannada letters are rounded, and many carry a small hooked stroke on top. When consonants join, the second one is written smaller underneath the first, so a line of Kannada stands taller than a line of English at the same size. Two caption rows set close together can touch where the same rows in Hindi would not.
In the width table Captik fits every line with, measured in Chrome on the caption fonts, one Kannada letter takes 0.89 em against 0.59 em for a Latin one. The sample line on this page comes out 1.17 times as wide as the same line in Roman letters.
Noto Sans Kannada is the default. The Text tab also lists 10: Google Sans, Baloo Tamma 2, Akaya Kanadaka, Padyakke Expanded One, Anek Kannada, Hind Mysuru, Hubballi, Noto Serif Kannada, Tiro Kannada, Benne.
Three ways to write it
ಇವತ್ತು ನಾವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸುತ್ತೋಣ
Kannada script. English words you say are written in Kannada script too, so the whole caption is in one script.
Ivattu naavu Bengaluru suttona
Kannada in Roman letters, the way it is often typed in chats, with English words left in English.
Let’s explore Bengaluru today
An English translation, timed sentence by sentence, for viewers outside Karnataka.
Worth knowing for Kannada
Prefer one row over two
Subscript consonants hang below the line. A single row never collides with itself, so if two row captions start touching, switch the caption lines to one and let the words change faster.
Long words are normal, plan for them
Kannada joins suffixes onto the word, so a single word can fill a row. Captik shrinks a row that would overflow, and you can split a long line into two in the editor if the shrink goes too far.
Templates that hold Kannada
We drew this page’s sample line through the real caption engine in each template and kept the ones where nothing was cut and the words stayed a readable size. Handwritten and serif templates are built around Latin letters, so they look most like themselves in Roman captions.
- Clean Motion
A quiet single line in which each word arrives as it is spoken.
- Captik Word
One clean row that builds as you speak, the current word brightest.
- Highlighted Word
A plain white line with the spoken word picked out in a warm colour.
- Captik Glow
The key word lands in large glowing capitals under a small line of context.
- Blockbuster
A red condensed capitals run, then the rest of the line in a white script.
- Aura
An editorial lockup: a large feature word, an italic serif and small words around it.
- Journal
Handwriting that arrives word by word, blurring into focus.
- Tabahi
Heavy capitals with a thick outline, for loud punchy lines.
How to caption a Kannada video
Upload and choose Kannada
Any common video format and any size. Captik times each word to your voice, usually in under a minute.
Choose how to write it
Native Script gives you Kannada script. Romanised (Latin) spells it in Roman letters, and English Translation translates each sentence.
Fix, place and export
Correct any word, pick a template, turn on Safe area and drag the caption clear of what the app covers, then export. The render happens on our servers, so it works from a phone.
Cutting in Premiere Pro, After Effects or DaVinci Resolve? The plugin lists Kannada and puts the captions on your timeline. Check where the caption sits with the safe zone checker.
Kannada captions, answered
Kannada words can be long. Will they fit on screen?
Captik fits each caption line to the caption box and shrinks a line that would otherwise overflow. You can also drag the box wider or narrower, and split a long line into two in the editor.
Are English words written in Kannada script?
With Native Script selected, yes, so the caption stays in one script. Choose Romanised (Latin) if you want English words in English letters.
Can I export Kannada captions from my phone?
Yes. Kannada captions render on Captik’s servers, which load Noto Sans Kannada, so subscript letters come out the same from a phone or a computer.
Does Kannada work in the Premiere Pro, After Effects and Resolve plugin?
Yes. Kannada is on the plugin panel’s language list, with native, Roman and English options.
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What it costs
Free has every feature, with 2 caption minutes and 10 export minutes every 30 days, and its exports carry a small watermark. When the single video option is on offer at checkout, one video can be made clean for ₹20. A week of Starter is ₹99: 7 days, 9 caption minutes and 13 export minutes, with no watermark.
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2 caption minutes
10 export minutes
for 30 days₹349
30 caption minutes
45 export minutes
for 30 days₹699
60 caption minutes
110 export minutes
for 30 days₹1,499
150 caption minutes
230 export minutes
for 30 days