Godfrey Njoroge · · 2 min read
From Raw Footage to Human-Verified Captions in Hours, Not Weeks
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Short version: most of the time a video localization job spends "in progress" isn't AI processing time - it's waiting in someone else's queue.
Kauli's actual pipeline runs AI drafting in minutes and human review in hours, and you can watch both happen, not just take our word for it.
Key takeaways
- Most delay in a video localization job is queue time, not AI processing time - the AI draft itself runs in minutes.
- Every order follows the same four real steps: upload, AI draft, mandatory human review, download.
- Pricing is per-minute and transparent, with no bundled credits or batch queues.
Where the time actually goes, step by step
Every order - transcription, translation, subtitles, or a full dub - follows the same four steps, whether it's a five-minute clip or a full episode:
- Upload or link a video. Drop a file or paste a YouTube link - we pull the audio directly, no re-uploading something you've already published.
- AI drafts it in minutes. Speech recognition, translation, and (for a dub order) voice synthesis produce a first pass fast.
- A real editor checks every word. This is the step most competitors skip or make optional - for us it's mandatory on every single order, every service level.
- You download, ready to publish. Transcript, SRT/VTT subtitles, translated text, or a dubbed track, sized to what you ordered.
See it happen on the homepage demo, or the full breakdown on How it works.
What actually slows other services down
Three things, consistently:
- Batch queues. Some services process orders in daily or weekly batches rather than as they arrive - your five-minute clip can sit behind someone else's two-hour documentary.
- Bundled credit plans. Paying for a bucket of minutes you may not use, on a schedule you don't control, adds friction that has nothing to do with the actual work.
- No real language coverage for Kikuyu. There's no off-the-shelf speech-recognition model for Kikuyu yet, so services that only wrap a generic AI API simply can't handle it - Kauli routes Kikuyu to a human transcriber instead of pretending a model exists that doesn't.
Transparent, per-minute pricing
Kauli prices per audio-minute at published rates, with the first 5 minutes each month free on transcription-only orders.
No bundled credits, no surprise tiers - see the real numbers on the pricing calculator.
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