Create Persian audio with subtitles: MP3 and SRT.

Researched and edited by VowelMarks · Last reviewed October 1, 2026

A short example you can open before generating anything

The garden sentence from the VowelMarks demo gives you a small file to try in your editor. The Standard recording and caption file below are a matching pair. Download both and check the first word before working with a longer script.

Download the sample WAV and matching SRT. These use the marked demo text. Your own captions use the source for your recording; they are not automatically an English translation or a polished sentence-level subtitle edit.

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گُلِ

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زیبایِ

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باغِ

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قَدیمی

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دَر

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بَهار

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شِکُفت

An SRT is a plain-text list of numbered cues. Each cue has a start time, an end time and the text to show. The Library of Congress format description documents that structure. It is not audio and does not put letters into the pixels of a video by itself.

Start with the words you actually want spoken

Paste your reviewed Persian script into the Speech tool. Remove copied navigation, accidental repeats and production notes. Put delivery instructions in Custom Voice Studio's director notes, not in the text to be read aloud.

Choose Premium and a standard voice preset, or use Custom Voice Studio for a specific delivery. For a lesson, a useful direction is: “Read clearly for an adult learner, with short pauses between sentences. Keep the delivery calm.” For narration, change the direction to fit the scene rather than adding more adjectives to the prompt.

1. Open Speech settings and enable Highlight each word as it is spoken.
2. Start the recording with Hear this. Timing preparation can add time before it is ready.
3. Play the result and check names, numbers, Ezafe and missing or repeated words.
4. Confirm that word following is available for this recording before expecting a caption download.

If exact word timing is unavailable, the recording can still play, but its SRT option stays disabled. Do not treat a checked setting as proof that alignment succeeded. Try preparing that recording again or use your editor's own caption workflow.

Choose audio and the companion files

Click Download audio on the completed Premium recording. In the export dialog, give it a recognizable title, choose MP3 and selectInclude captions (.srt). The usual MP3 setting is 96 kbps. If you also want a reading handout, choose Include Marked Persian (.txt) when that text is available.

Audio and selected companion files download together in a ZIP. Extract it before importing anything into your editor. Keep the audio and caption filenames together so an older SRT does not accidentally get paired with a revised recording.

Import both files at the same place in your timeline

Adobe Premiere

Import the audio and SRT into the project. Add the audio to your sequence, then drag the SRT into the sequence to create a caption track. Put both at the same starting position. Adobe's caption-import instructions describe the SRT workflow. Choose a font with Persian support and review it in the Program Monitor.

Shotcut

Add the audio to the timeline. Open View > Subtitles, create a subtitle track and import the SRT through that panel. Check the first cue against the narration, then adjust the cue times if the audio starts later in the timeline.Shotcut's subtitle documentation explains the subtitle-panel workflow.

If the audio starts five seconds into the video, captions must start five seconds into the video too. If you later cut or stretch the narration, update its caption timing. The old SRT does not follow a new audio edit on its own.

Turn word timing into readable captions

VowelMarks exports a cue for each timed word. That is useful for word-by-word videos, but it may feel choppy in a conventional subtitle track. In your editor, combine adjacent words into short phrases while retaining the first word's start and the last word's end. Do not carry a phrase across a long pause or a change of speaker just to fill a line.

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گُلِ زیبایِ باغِ قَدیمی

This is an edited grouping of the sample's first four cues, keeping the noun phrase together. Inspect Persian letter joining, right-to-left order, digits and any embedded English. Do not reverse the stored text to compensate for an editor's display setting. Save edited SRT files as UTF-8 so the Persian characters survive.

Review the exported video, not only the editor

• Listen for the intended words, especially names, prices and negation.
• Check that captions begin and end with the matching audio.
• Look for broken Persian letters, reversed punctuation or a line that disappears too quickly.
• Confirm the selected audio version and any closing credit.
• Play the final video with the sound off once to see whether the captions are usable.

For captions that can be switched off, retain a supported subtitle track or upload the SRT separately to your platform. For text that must always be visible, render it into the video. Neither choice supplies translated subtitles, video dubbing or permission to publish someone else's script. Check the relevant text and distribution rights for your project.

For a recurring series, keep a reviewed copy of the script and voice direction. Pro's recording library helps you return to saved recordings. The voiceover guide covers script planning; the pronunciation test gives you a repeatable listening check.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and review notes

Sources are listed for the claims they support. Original practice examples are identified in the article. Product capabilities and access terms were checked on the review date and can change.

1. VowelMarks Persian Speech tool. Premium recording, word-highlighting and MP3/SRT download controls. Caption availability depends on successful timing preparation.
2. Library of Congress, SubRip Subtitle format. SRT's numbered timestamp-and-text structure and character-encoding limitations.
3. Adobe Premiere, import caption files. Importing an SRT file and placing it in a sequence to create a caption track.
4. Shotcut, View > Subtitles. Importing, editing, previewing and exporting subtitles through the subtitle panel.