Toucan SubtitleBig Beak Subtitles

Features

One app, three subtitle workflows.

Choose how to process your media based on the output you need. Speech recognition runs locally. Polishing and translation use your configured model.

Transcription only

Use Whisper to turn speech into source-language SRT with timecodes.

For meetings, interviews and lessons

Polish source text

Use your chosen model to refine phrasing and punctuation while retaining the source language and timeline.

For cleaning up spoken material

Translate subtitles

Choose a target language, compare both versions on the same timeline, and optionally export the source-language file too.

For foreign-language videos and bilingual delivery

Job workspace

Manage multiple files in one view.

  • Add files or folders and process them in a queue.
  • See transcription, translation progress and subtitle previews.
  • Long jobs run in chunks and can resume from compatible checkpoints.
  • Check resource status, quality warnings and logs.
Workspace with a queue, overall progress and subtitle preview
Workspace design preview · Sample data · Chinese UI

Models and health checks

Configure speech and language models separately.

No large language model is bundled with the app. To polish or translate subtitles, install Ollama and download a model, or supply your own API key for an OpenAI-compatible cloud service.

Transcription uses separately downloaded Whisper weights and requires neither Ollama nor an API key.

Check the runtime, engine, weights and language model in Settings.

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Settings for transcription, translation and health checks
Settings design preview · Sample data · Chinese UI

Start with your first subtitle.

Check compatibility, installation and public releases.

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