How to Add Arabic Subtitles in DaVinci Resolve
Arabic reads right to left and joins its letters into connected shapes, so it needs a caption workflow that respects both. Caption Pro transcribes your timeline with Whisper AI, lets you review the text before it is placed, and works with DaVinci Resolve Text+ templates that handle right-to-left rendering.
Strong on Modern Standard Arabic, review helps with dialects.
100% local. Nothing is uploaded.
Standard .srt, plus styled captions on your timeline
Works on the free version, Mac & Windows
Arabic is written right to left, and its letters change shape depending on where they sit in a word. DaVinci Resolve Text+ handles right-to-left rendering and letter joining, so with an Arabic-capable font your captions display in the correct direction and connect properly. Caption Pro places the text into that template and lets you review it first.
Whisper transcribes Modern Standard Arabic well. Regional dialects vary more, so the review step matters here: uncertain words are highlighted and you can correct them by ear before captions are placed. For display, use a font built for Arabic such as Cairo or Noto Naskh Arabic, both of which render the connected forms cleanly inside DaVinci Resolve.
This suits Arabic YouTube, short-form vertical video, news-style content, and material subtitled in Arabic for a wider audience. You can also transcribe in another language and translate into Arabic, or start from Arabic and translate the captions into 100+ languages.
Where Arabic captions help
Generate Arabic Subtitles with Caption Pro
Word-by-word Auto Captions & Local Translation
Transcribe, translate, and style Arabic captions on your DaVinci Resolve timeline using local Whisper AI.
- Runs 100% locally with Whisper AI (no API fees)
- Word-by-word karaoke & pop-in animation styles
- Instant SRT import/export & timeline placement