LipiHow do I add Hinglish captions to Reels automatically?
Last updated: 10 Nov 2026
Open Lipi in Chrome or Edge, add your clip to a new project, open Captions, choose Hinglish and press Generate captions. Lipi writes Hindi and English speech in Roman letters on your own computer, with no upload. Pick a style, fix any wrong words, then export an MP4 for Instagram.
Step by step
- Start a project. Open the Lipi editor and click New project. Projects are vertical (9:16, 1080 by 1920), the Reels size.
- Add your clip. Drag your video into the Assets panel, or click Import. In a new project it goes straight onto the timeline.
- Generate the captions. Open Captions (the CC icon), pick Hinglish as the language and click Generate captions. The first time, your browser downloads a speech model once (a few hundred MB). After that, captions are made on your computer.
- Pick a style. Choose a caption style such as Pop, Karaoke or Boxed. The word being spoken is highlighted as the video plays.
- Fix wrong words. Read the Transcript list and edit any line that is wrong. Timings stay in place. You can also remove pauses, um and uh from the same panel.
- Export. Click Export. Your MP4 downloads, ready to post on Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts.
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Questions people ask
What does Hinglish mean in Lipi?
Hindi and English in the same sentence, written in Roman letters, the way most creators caption. Lipi can also write Hindi in Devanagari and plain English.
Is my video uploaded to make the captions?
No. Captions are made in your browser, on your computer. Your video, audio and text are not uploaded.
Are the captions always correct?
No automatic captions are. We check Lipi against a Hinglish test clip and we are testing it on more real clips, so read the transcript and fix wrong words before you post.
Is it free?
Yes, Lipi is free to use in its public beta. We may add paid features later, and we will tell you before anything you use starts to cost money.
Can I get a subtitle file instead?
Yes. Use Download .srt in the Captions panel for a subtitle file you can use on YouTube or in other editors.
Does it work on an iPhone?
Lipi has a touch layout for phones and tablets. It is new and we are testing it, including Safari on iPhone, so a laptop is still the safest for long edits. Safari on a Mac works.