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Subtitles vs dubbing: choosing your workflow
Choose based on how your audience will watch and listen, and what you can review.
Subtitles
Use captions when preserving the original spoken performance matters or viewers need readable text. Inspect line length and reading speed. Burned-in captions stay visible; separate tracks depend on player support.
Preset dubbing
Use a selected voice when your audience benefits from listening in another language. Review casting, pronunciation, meaning and timing. The choice changes speech, not mouth movements.
Voice cloning
Use an authorized original or reference voice when speaker identity matters. Permission and listening review are essential. Cloning does not guarantee an exact voice or lip sync.
Combine where useful
Enable optional captions for a new dub when both listening and reading help. Do not assume video credit also pays for an independent caption translation. Review the quote for the selected workflow.
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AI subtitles and styled captions
Generate original, translated or bilingual subtitles in D-UB. Choose classic, spoken-word highlight, progressive words or bold phrase styles.
AI video dubbing and translation
Create translated speech for videos in D-UB Studio with preset voices, speaker detection, optional subtitles and a reviewed quote.
Voice cloning for video dubbing
Use an authorized original speaker, uploaded reference audio or a browser-recorded reference for D-UB video voice cloning.
D-UB pricing and video credits
Understand D-UB pay-as-you-go quotes, optional Starter, Creator and Pro video plans, separate translation balances and renewal terms.