QuickEditVideo

Last week I stumbled on a Reddit post where someone was asking for a simple online tool to turn subtitle .srt files into speech. I couldn’t believe there is no a good solution out there, so… I built one.

Day 1

I hacked together a minimal prototype by porting KittenTTS into a browser runtime. That gave me basic text-to-speech working in the browser — no servers, no uploads, fully private.

Day 2

I added subtitle support. You can now drop in an .srt file and generate audio that perfectly aligns with your captions.

A few extras I snuck in along the way:

• 🎶 Queueing – feed in longer subtitle files, no problem.

• ⏱ Auto-fit – voice automatically fits within each subtitle’s duration.

• ⚡ Manual speed control – adjust playback speed per subtitle line.

• 📦 Output options – download as individual clips in a ZIP, or merge into one MP3 that matches your SRT timings.

Right now it’s:

• ✅ Free & unlimited

• ✅ Runs entirely in your browser (private, no uploads)

• ✅ No paywall, no login required

• ✅ English only (for now)

👉 Try it here: https://quickeditvideo.com/srt-tts/

Would love feedback from anyone who works with subtitles, captions, or accessibility tools. What features would you want next?

Hey Indie Hackers,

I just shipped a new feature for QuickEditVideo.com: in-browser text-to-speech powered by a small but surprisingly capable open model called KittenTTS (15M parameters):

👉 You can try it right now here: QuickEditVideo.com/tts

🔧 Background

When building QuickEditVideo, I often needed quick narration or voiceovers for clips. Most TTS solutions I tried were:

• Cloud-only (expensive + slow)

• Proprietary (black box models)

• Or simply too heavy to run in-browser

So I decided to integrate a lightweight, functional, open TTS model directly into the browser.

✨ What’s new in this release

On top of making KittenTTS run locally, I’ve added some quality-of-life features:

• WASM → Turn original Python implementation into JS+WASM, making it fully functional in the browser.

• Queueing → Handle multiple text tasks smoothly without blocking main UI thread.

• Task history → Reuse and manage your generated audio.

• Performance improvements → Optimized for faster inference in-browser.

• Text auto-chunking → Splits and sanitizes long text into chunks automatically.

The result: you can paste text, hit generate, and get a voiceover within seconds, no server round trips.

🌟 Why this matters

• Runs in your browser — no API keys, no logins, no data sent to servers.

• Small model, big usability — 15M parameters sounds tiny compared to giants, but it’s fast and good enough for many voiceover needs.

• Open & hackable — I want indie devs and creators to actually see how things work, not just consume from a black box.

🔮 Next steps

• More voice presets and styles

• Export audio directly into QuickEditVideo’s video timeline

• Potential premium voices for those who need studio-level polish

👉 You can try it right now here: QuickEditVideo.com/tts

I’d love feedback from IH:

• Would you use in-browser TTS for quick prototyping / voiceovers?

• What’s more important to you — speed, voice quality, or cost?

Thanks for reading, and I hope some of you try it out!

Hey Indie Hackers,

I just launched QuickEditVideo.com — a free, browser-based video editing tool designed to make common edits super fast without the bloated complexity of pro software.

👋 Background Story

I’ve always loved building products, but like many indie makers, I ran into the same problem: editing videos for demos, tutorials, or social content was a time sink.

Most video editors felt like overkill — giant downloads, heavy UIs, and too many features I didn’t need. Online editors either added watermarks, forced logins, or were painfully slow.

So I decided to scratch my own itch. I built QuickEditVideo with the idea of video editing with dignity — fast, free, and open.

✨ What makes it different

• No sign-up, no watermark → Just upload and edit.

• Fast in-browser processing → Uses optimized WASM + FFmpeg for snappy edits.

• Focused tools → Only the stuff people use all the time:

  • Trim

  • Crop

  • Merge

  • Resize

  • Convert

• Free & Open → The tool runs in your browser, no hidden paywalls for basic features.

I didn’t try to reinvent Adobe Premiere — I just wanted to make the “90% of tasks” dead simple and fast.

🔮 What’s next

• Adding fun extras like SRT auto AI TTS 🎉

• Building SEO-friendly micro-tools around editing use-cases (animated text, meme maker, etc.)

  🙌 Why I’m sharing here

  I’ve learned a ton from Indie Hackers and wanted to give back by sharing the launch. QuickEditVideo is already live and usable.

  👉 Try it here: QuickEditVideo.com

  Would love feedback from this community:

  • What features do you actually use most when editing short videos?

  • If you were to pay, what pro features would matter to you?

  Thanks for reading, and happy editing!