# SubSmith

5 Hacker News commenters recommended SubSmith and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Turns your own videos into language-learning material with an inline editor for fixing subtitle errors; people value its UX and ongoing support. Caveat: automated subtitles can be inaccurate.

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SubSmith", https://hackerapproved.com/p/subsmith/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).