LipiWhat is the best free Hinglish captions and Reels editor online?
Last updated: 10 Nov 2026
The best one is the one that gets your Hinglish right and lets you fix it fast. Lipi is a free option built for this: it writes Hinglish in Roman letters, lets you edit the transcript, and exports a 1080p MP4 for Reels. It runs in your browser, with no upload.
What to look for
- Captions in Roman-letter Hinglish, not only Devanagari Hindi or plain English.
- An easy way to fix wrong words, because every automatic caption tool misses some.
- A vertical 9:16 project with safe-area guides, so captions are not covered by Instagram buttons.
- Caption styles that highlight the spoken word.
- An MP4 export that Instagram and YouTube accept.
- Where your video goes: uploaded to a server, or kept on your device.
What Lipi does today
- Hinglish captions in Roman letters. Hindi in Devanagari and English also work.
- Edit any word in the transcript, and cut pauses, um and uh and repeats using the caption timings.
- Projects start at 1080 by 1920 with Instagram and YouTube guides. 4:5, 1:1 and 16:9 are also there.
- Eleven caption styles, plus text, stickers, filters, transitions and one-click templates.
- MP4 (H.264 and AAC) at 1080p, 1440p or 4K, at 30 or 60 fps.
- Editing and captions run on your computer. Your video, audio and text are not uploaded.
What we are still testing
Lipi is in public beta. We check the captions against a Hinglish test clip and we are testing more real clips. The phone editor is new and we are testing it, including Safari on iPhone, so a laptop in Chrome or Edge is the safest for long edits. Other editors may suit you better if you need something Lipi does not do yet, so try your own clip and judge the result.
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Questions people ask
Is Lipi really 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.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Lipi runs in your browser, best in Chrome or Edge. The first time you make captions, the browser downloads a speech model once (a few hundred MB).
Does it write Hinglish or only Hindi and English?
It writes Hinglish in Roman letters. You can also choose Hindi in Devanagari or English.
Is my video uploaded?
No. Editing, captions and the AI tools run on your computer. Your video, audio and text are not uploaded.
How do I add the captions?
Add your clip, open Captions, choose Hinglish, press Generate captions, pick a style and export. The steps are on our page about adding Hinglish captions to Reels automatically.