YuzuLingo vs Subtitle Composer (maxrd2)
YuzuLingo stays in the browser. You cover burned-in subtitles on the video you are already watching, including YouTube, Bilibili, and other web players. There is no app to download. Turn on Interact to read the burned-in line on your device, with furigana or pinyin when the language has them. Show that text always, on hover, or while you hold a hotkey.
Subtitle Composer is maxrd2’s desktop editor, in the repo SubtitleComposer. Development has moved to KDE, and the GitHub repo says the mirror might not be current. It runs on Windows and Linux. You edit text subtitle files, including SRT and ASS, and you can edit two tracks side by side. It OCRs image subtitle streams, PGS and VobSub, and it can pull a subtitle track out of a video file. Speech to text uses PocketSphinx on the audio. It previews lines in its own player, on a waveform, and it can sync, spell-check, style, and script the file. The sheet describes Apple Vision and macSubtitleOCR pulling hardcoded text out of the picture. The README does not. GPL-2.0.
Subtitle ComposerWhere each one fits
| Feature | YuzuLingo | Subtitle Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Install in the browser, no app to download | ||
| Cover burned-in subs while a web video plays | ||
| Read that line while the video plays, on your device | ||
| Furigana or pinyin on that line | ||
| Show that text always, on hover, or while you hold a hotkey | ||
| Edit a subtitle file (SRT, ASS, and other text formats) | ||
| OCR image-based subtitles (PGS, VobSub) | ||
| OCR burned-in text out of the video picture | ||
| Pull a subtitle track out of a video file | ||
| Speech to text with PocketSphinx | ||
| Edit two subtitle tracks side by side | ||
| OCR stays on the device | ||
| Add the line to an Anki deck |