{
  "id": 6093900,
  "title": "This is how I added an in-browser auto captions feature to my YouTube Shorts converter web application using Whisper AI and ffmpeg.wasm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/this-is-how-i-added-an-in-browser-auto-captions-feature-to-my-youtube",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-07T03:23:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/dhritich20baruah/this-is-how-i-added-an-in-browser-auto-captions-feature-to-my-youtube-shorts-converter-web-41o0"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A few weeks ago I launched Convert to Shorts — a free browser-based tool that converts horizontal videos to YouTube Shorts format (9:16) without uploading anything to a server. I wrote about the ffmpeg.wasm + Vite setup in a previous article. The most requested feature after launch was auto captions. Captions significantly boost Shorts engagement since most people watch without sound, and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}