# Free Pc App that works like Camtasia Audiate

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**Created:** [September 11, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-pc-app-that-works-like-camtasia-audiate/325475 "2026-09-11T09:00:21Z")\
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Hello everyone,  
Please I need a free PC apps that works like Camtasia Audiate which can integrate well with Camtasia Editor for Dynamic caption and voice changer features.

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**Author:** ![RoohNooh](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/roohnooh/32/166257_2.png) [@RoohNooh](https://onehack.st/u/RoohNooh)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-pc-app-that-works-like-camtasia-audiate/325475/3 "2026-09-16T08:29:27Z")

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**Free captions that follow your voice, and a swapped voice — both back inside Camtasia**

🎬 **Camtasia Audiate does two jobs: words in sync with your voice, and a different voice on your recording. Two free apps do both and hand the result back to Camtasia.**

🎙 record → 🧾 word-by-word caption file → 🗣 new voice → 🎬 same project, same edits

**🧾 JOB 1 — Captions that light each word as it is spoken**

1️⃣ Run the recording through one of these:

- ✅ Purfview Whisper — portable EXE, one word per caption line  
🔗 **[github.com/Purfview/whisper-standalone-win](https://github.com/Purfview/whisper-standalone-win)**
- ✅ CaptionSmith — caption styles with word highlight  
🔗 **[github.com/ccharafeddine/CaptionSmith](https://github.com/ccharafeddine/CaptionSmith)**
- ✅ CapForge — animated captions, per-word styling  
🔗 **[github.com/FRSname/CapForge](https://github.com/FRSname/CapForge)**

2️⃣ In Camtasia: File → Import → Captions → choose the file.  
3️⃣ On 2024 and newer: each word lights up on the track as it is spoken.

⚡ Extra power: Camtasia keeps its speech model as a plain file in the install folder. Drop in a bigger Whisper model and its own transcription gets sharper.  
🔗 **[huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp](https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp)**

**🗣 JOB 2 — The same take, a new voice**

Ten seconds of any voice is enough. Your words, pauses and length stay. Only the voice changes.

Pick one:

- ✅ Seed-VC — runs on your PC, browser demo included  
🔗 **[github.com/Plachtaa/seed-vc](https://github.com/Plachtaa/seed-vc)** · 🔗 **[huggingface.co/spaces/Plachta/Seed-VC](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Plachta/Seed-VC)**
- ✅ VCClient — live voice change, file mode included  
🔗 **[github.com/w-okada/voice-changer](https://github.com/w-okada/voice-changer)**
- ✅ Istar — one small EXE, plain CPU  
🔗 **[github.com/Israleche/Istar-Voice-Changer](https://github.com/Israleche/Istar-Voice-Changer)**
- ✅ Praat — quick pitch and formant change  
🔗 **[fon.hum.uva.nl/praat](https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/)**
- ✅ FakeYou — cloud, thousands of voices, free queue  
🔗 **[fakeyou.com](https://fakeyou.com)**

Put it back in the project:  
1️⃣ Export the voice track from Camtasia.  
2️⃣ Run it through the swapper.  
3️⃣ Right-drag the new WAV onto the clip → Replace. ✅ Cuts, effects and captions stay.

**🧩 Two extras**

- ✅ camtasio — script a Camtasia project and point it at the new voice file  
🔗 **[github.com/twardoch/camtasio](https://github.com/twardoch/camtasio)**
- ✅ Camtasia and Audiate tools — proofread captions in a spreadsheet, get a clean caption file back  
🔗 **[github.com/gqmaguirejr/Camtasia\_and\_Audiate\_tools](https://github.com/gqmaguirejr/Camtasia_and_Audiate_tools)**
- ✅ SynthCut — delete a word in the text, the sound goes with it  
🔗 **[github.com/Relo-video/SynthCut](https://github.com/Relo-video/SynthCut)**

⚡ **Start: Purfview + Seed-VC. One sitting. Both jobs done. $0.**

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### 🧾 two of Audiate’s jobs, five free apps that do them

**Audiate does two jobs — words that follow your voice, and a voice that is not yours. Neither job needs a subscription.** These are the apps I use on a plain Windows PC, and what each one is actually for.

| the app | its job in this build | where to get it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Subtitle Edit | speech to captions, then fix the words and timing — Whisper is built in | [nikse.dk/subtitleedit](https://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit) |
| Audacity | clean the voice, then change its pitch and speed | [audacityteam.org](https://www.audacityteam.org/) |
| Voicemod | change the voice while you speak | [voicemod.net](https://www.voicemod.net/) |
| Camtasia | import the captions, style them, export the video | [techsmith.com/camtasia](https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/) |
| DaVinci Resolve | the heavier motion, grading and finishing work | [blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve) |

**The one thing the paid app keeps:** edit a word in its transcript and the timeline moves with it.

Everything else on the list — captions, timing, audio cleanup, the voice, the render — the five above cover.

**The run, in order**

1. Record in Camtasia
2. Clean the voice in Audacity, export WAV
3. Subtitle Edit → transcribe → fix → export SRT
4. Camtasia → import the SRT → style and animate
5. Preview once from the top, then export

> **The settings that make it look professional**
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> **Captions that read well**
> 
> - Two lines maximum, about a second minimum on screen
> - Break at natural pauses, never leave one small word alone on a line
> - Keep commands, names and numbers exactly as spoken
> - Check the first and last minute twice
> 
> **Camtasia caption style for lessons**
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> - Clean sans-serif in white, with an outline or a dark strip behind it
> - Near the bottom, clear of code and slides; yellow only for the word you are pointing at
> - Big enough for a phone screen; few animations in technical lessons
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> **Audacity, the short version**
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> - Copy the track before touching it, then: noise reduction only when it is needed → clarity EQ → normalize
> - Pitch for a different voice, tempo when the delivery drags; keep both gentle, listen on headphones
> - Export WAV and drop it under the video, original track muted, then check sync
> 
> **Voice recipes**
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> - Deeper: pitch down a touch, a little bass, steady volume, no heavy reverb
> - Radio: less low bass, more mids, mild compression
> - Robot: distortion plus a short delay or echo
> - Telephone: cut the deep bass and the highs, keep the mids
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> **Need word-by-word social captions?** CapCut Desktop is the optional extra route for karaoke-style animation.