Read, drag, clip — the Transcript Clip Maker

How to clip a video by its transcript in 3 steps

1. 01. Upload and get the transcript

   Drop a file or paste a YouTube link and the full transcript is made on your device. It keeps going while you work in other tabs and opens right here when it's ready.

2. 02. Drag across the lines you want

   Drag across words in the transcript, or across the filmstrip in the timeline, to pick a moment. Pick several and Play selections lets you hear them stitched together.

3. 03. Save as a clip and export

   Save your selections as a clip you can rename and come back to. Export renders it as a captioned 9:16 vertical MP4.

Separate moments, one clip

Pick a line from early in the video and a conclusion from much later, and they're stitched into one clip. Selections always stay in time order, and you can drag an edge on the timeline to fine-tune the length.

Search, and cut the filler words

Search the transcript to jump straight to a topic, and switch on Filler words to cut "um" and "uh" from exported clips. Click any word to jump the video there.

Ask AI for the moments

From Pro, AI Chat reads the transcript and suggests moments worth clipping. Ask "pull together everything about hiring" and it can join separate parts into one moment, ready to select or save as a clip.

Why Shorts Zone

• Never cut mid-sentence

  Every short starts and ends on a sentence boundary, so nothing stops halfway through a thought.

• A virality score for every short

  A 0–100 score, a first-3-seconds check and one honest note make it easy to pick what to post.

• Your video stays on your device

  Cutting, captions and rendering all run in your browser. Only transcript text is sent to the AI.

• Paste a YouTube link

  The Shorts Zone Link helper downloads it on your own computer. Drive and Dropbox links and files work too.

• Korean, English, Japanese, Dutch, Italian and Traditional Chinese

  Transcribe and caption in all six languages. From Pro, translate captions into any of the other five.

• Follows whoever is talking

  Going from 16:9 to 9:16 keeps the speaker centered, and splits the screen for two or three people.

• Long videos welcome

  Up to 30 minutes free, 60 on Lite, and no length limit from Pro.

• Free to start

  3 videos per account for free. Lite ($4.9/month) adds watermark-free 1080p.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Clip Workspace free?

Yes. Transcription runs on your device, so reading the transcript, picking and deleting lines and generating clips are free, with no limit on video length or count. Clips made on Free are 720p with a watermark. Finding moments with the AI chat is part of Pro, MAX and Ultra.

How is this different from Generate shorts?

Generate shorts lets AI pick the moments and makes many shorts at once. The Clip Workspace lets you read the transcript and choose the exact lines yourself — best when you already know what you want to say.

Can I combine several parts into one clip?

Yes. Select several ranges and they're stitched together in time order as one clip. Play selections lets you hear the result first.

What does the exported clip look like?

A 9:16 vertical MP4, captioned in the style of your current template, with the speaker kept in the middle of the frame. If Filler words is on, the fillers are cut too.

Can I use a YouTube link?

Yes. While the Shorts Zone Link helper downloads it on your computer, a progress card sits in the workspace, and transcription starts as soon as it's in. You can work in other tabs meanwhile.

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• AI Shorts Maker — Drop in one long video and AI finds the moments worth sharing, then cuts them into vertical shorts that never stop mid-sentence — each with a virality score.
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• Caption Translator — Translate captions between Korean, English, Japanese, Dutch and Italian. Translated captions appear right when the words are spoken, and you can keep the original underneath.