Generate Video Caption
Content Creation

Who this feature helps:
Business owners who create video content and want to repurpose it into written posts without transcribing or rewriting manually
Why we build it:
Video is where many people find their voice most naturally. We wanted to make it easy to turn that spoken content into written posts in your voice.
What it does:
Upload a video to Inkie and Inkie listens to what you've said, captures the transcript automatically, and generates the best possible caption from it. In your voice. About exactly what you were talking about. One video. One upload. Done.
Most business owners are better at talking about their business than writing about it. The passion comes through when you're speaking. The expertise is obvious. The personality is right there. But somewhere between the spoken word and the blank text box, something gets lost -- and the post that could have been brilliant ends up either not written at all or written in a way that doesn't quite sound like you.
Generate Post Copy from Video Transcript closes that gap entirely. Upload a video to Inkie -- a talking head, a demonstration, a behind the scenes moment, a thought you captured on your phone -- and Inkie does the rest.
You upload your video directly to Inkie. Inkie captures the transcript automatically -- no separate transcription tool required, no copying and pasting text from another app. From that transcript, Inkie's AI identifies the key points, the most compelling moments, and the strongest hook, and turns them into post copy that works for your chosen platform. The result is a caption that sounds like you because it came from you. Not from a template. Not from a prompt that asked you to describe your video in writing. From the actual words you said out loud when you were talking naturally about something you know and care about.
There's a reason video content performs so well across almost every platform. It's human. It's immediate. It shows the person behind the business in a way that a carefully crafted text post rarely does. But for many business owners, video is only half the picture. The caption matters too. A great video with a weak caption gets less reach, less engagement, and less click-through than it deserves. And writing a strong caption after you've already recorded, reviewed, and uploaded a video is one more task at the end of an already long process. Generate Post Copy from Video Transcript means the caption writes itself from the content you've already created.
Some people are natural writers. They sit down, they type, and the words come out right. If that's you, brilliant -- Inkie has plenty of ways to help. But a lot of business owners think better on their feet. They record a voice note when an idea strikes. They film a quick video when something happens worth sharing. They explain things much better in conversation than on paper. For those business owners, Generate Post Copy from Video Transcript is the feature that makes Inkie work the way their brain works. You talk. Inkie turns it into something publishable. No rewriting. No second-guessing. No staring at a blank screen trying to remember what you said in the video that sounded so good at the time.
A video that generates a caption can also generate a blog post. A short clip that works on Instagram can be repurposed for LinkedIn with different copy. The transcript that Inkie captures from your video is a content asset that can be used across your whole marketing plan. Inkie thinks about your content as a system, not a series of one-off posts. Generate Post Copy from Video Transcript is one part of that -- the part that makes sure the effort you put into creating a video keeps paying off long after you've pressed record.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I generate a caption from a video?
Upload your video to Inkie and the platform transcribes it automatically then uses the transcript to write a platform-shaped caption in your brand voice. You get a ready-to-post caption with hashtags in the time it takes to upload the file.
What video formats does Inkie support for caption generation?
Inkie accepts the most common video formats including MP4 MOV and AVI. If you're uploading from your phone or camera the file will almost certainly be supported. File size limits apply — check your plan details for the current maximum.
Can Inkie write platform-specific captions from the same video?
Yes. Inkie can generate a TikTok caption an Instagram caption and a LinkedIn caption from the same video transcript — each shaped for the platform's conventions and character limits. One video multiple formats no rewriting.
How much does video caption generation cost?
Video caption generation is included in the Inkie Marketing Platform plan at £39/month. There are no per-video fees. A 14-day free trial is available.
