VEED launches Subtitles API, its developer version of the subtitle generator

VEED launches its Subtitles API on fal.ai, a tool that automatically generates and burns styled subtitles into MP4, MOV, and WebM videos starting at $0.10.

VEED, an online video editing platform, is launching an API dedicated to its automatic subtitles. The principle involves two streams: a video URL goes in, a subtitled MP4 comes out. From the provided URL, the API performs transcription, language detection, temporal alignment, formatting, and rendering, then returns a file with the subtitles burned-in. Where most competing services stop at the raw transcript, leaving the developer to assemble five layers (timing, line management, stylization, frame-by-frame rendering, output format), VEED offers the complete chain in a single call.

The service supports over 100 languages with automatic detection. The preset library incorporates styles already proven in VEED's consumer application, calibrated for vertical, horizontal, and square aspect ratios, with typography, line spacing, and contrast choices designed for silent viewing. Developers can customize fonts and colors, or provide an existing SRT file to bypass the transcription phase. Accepted formats are MP4, MOV, and WebM, transmitted via a URL hosted on fal.ai or a pre-signed URL.

The API is distributed by fal.ai using an asynchronous model. The developer submits a job, retrieves an ID in milliseconds, queries the progress status, then downloads the final render. Billing is usage-based, with no subscription or minimum, calculated per minute of video processed according to resolution and subtitle type (Basic or Dynamic), starting at $0.10 per minute.

The Subtitles API joins a broader catalog of VEED APIs that already includes Fabric 1.0 (generating talking head videos from an image), a lip-sync API, and a video background removal API.