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title: Your Auto-Captions Are Too Fast to Read — Audit the Reading Speed, Splice the Timing, Free
description: Paste your auto-caption SRT and measure chars-per-second per cue against the ~17 CPS broadcast comfort limit — then splice the machine timing down and condense the rest with a free chatbot.
category: accessibility
last_verified: 2026-09-09
freshness: green
published: 2026-09-09
canonical_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/caption-reading-speed-audit.html
companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/caption-reading-speed-audit.html
reading_time_minutes: 4
tags: accessibility, captions, youtube, deaf-aware, srt, video
---

# Your Auto-Captions Are Too Fast to Read — Audit the Reading Speed, Splice the Timing, Free

Paste your auto-caption SRT and measure chars-per-second per cue against the ~17 CPS broadcast comfort limit — then splice the machine timing down and condense the rest with a free chatbot.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $5 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- unlimited local audits — caption files never leave the browser
- full reel, flags, cue inspector, and before/after ledger
- drift-bounded splicer with adjustable reading-speed limit
- condensation budgets + strict-JSON chatbot merge with re-audit and over-budget flags
- three starter reels, rotation, and reset
- copy the re-timed reel as SRT

## Optional paid add-on

**$5 one-time.**

- .srt and .vtt downloads with timecodes intact — ≈10–15 min of manual re-timing saved per video
- channel audit history — spot regressed episodes without re-pasting files
- printable compliance sheet — one-page stats and flagged-cue deliverable
- saved reading profiles per audience, one-click apply

## Sources & verification

- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: 2026-09-09 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/caption-reading-speed-audit.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/caption-reading-speed-audit.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/caption-reading-speed-audit.md

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