Smartcat
AI translation, dubbing, and localization platform with AI coworkers and a 500K+ linguist marketplace
About Smartcat
Smartcat is an enterprise AI localization platform that translates documents, websites, eLearning courses, and video into 280+ languages. Its AI dubbing workflow transcribes a video into editable cues, translates them with your glossary and translation memory, and generates a timed AI voice track (35 voice-over locales, powered by ElevenLabs) with background music preserved. Any language can be handed to a vetted human reviewer from the built-in Marketplace before export.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Dubbing runs from an editable transcript, so fixing one line re-renders only that line instead of the whole video
- Translation, subtitles, dubbing, and SCORM course localization live in one platform with shared glossary and translation memory
- Built-in marketplace of vetted human reviewers can check any language inside the same project
- 280+ translation languages and unlimited users on every plan
- Background music and effects are preserved under the dubbed voice
- Strong eLearning track record (Smith+Nephew cut course turnaround from about 10 days to 2-3 days)
Cons
- AI voice-over covers only 35 locales; other languages get subtitles, not a dub
- Usage is metered in Smartwords, and dubbing costs 10 Smartwords per source word, which makes budgeting less intuitive than per-minute pricing
- Entry plan starts at $1,200/year billed annually, and Marketplace reviewers and API access sit on $24K and $60K plans
- Lip-sync is time-matched, not mouth-matched, so close-up talking-head footage looks less natural
- Full-course SCORM translation currently supports only Articulate Rise packages; Storyline needs an XLIFF round-trip
Key Features
AI dubbing from an editable transcript
Video is transcribed into timed cues you correct once (names, acronyms, product terms); every language and the AI voice track follow from the corrected text, and editing a single cue re-renders only that line.
280+ translation languages, 35 AI voice locales
Subtitles and text translate into 280+ languages; AI voice-over covers 35 locales powered by ElevenLabs, including regional English and French variants. Where no voice exists, you export translated subtitles instead.
Voice cloning and AI voice selection
Choose male or female AI voices per language or use AI voice cloning, with pronunciation rules applied once across every video.
Background audio separation
Speech is separated from music and sound effects, so the original background carries over under the new dubbed voice.
Human reviewer marketplace
Assign any language to an in-house reviewer or a vetted linguist from Smartcat's Marketplace of 500K+ experts inside the same project; their edits update the cues and the voice re-renders.
Full-course SCORM translation
Upload SCORM 1.2 or 2004 packages exported from Articulate Rise 360 and get back one multilingual SCORM file, with on-screen text, images, documents, video, and audio extracted and translated. Storyline courses go through XLIFF export and re-import.
Translation memory and glossaries
Translation memory (not charged) and glossaries apply across documents, courses, and dubbing, so terminology stays consistent between modules and repeated text isn't paid for twice.
AI coworkers and workflows
A Chief of Staff agent coordinates Translator, Creator, Reviewer, Content Update, and QA coworkers in linear or branching workflows with scheduled or event-based triggers on higher plans.
80+ file formats and integrations
Handles DOC, PDF, XLIFF, XML, SCORM, and 16 video formats (MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and more, up to 6 GB per file; WebM not supported), with integrations for content systems, design tools, and developer pipelines.
Pricing
- Chief of Staff, Content Translator, and Content Creator coworkers
- All content types
- Unlimited users
- 100K Smartwords included
- 1 workspace, linear workflows
- Marketplace available as add-on
- Standard SLA, self-guided onboarding
- Everything in Adapt
- Reviewer coworker
- Marketplace access (500K+ experts)
- Partner and vendor collaboration
- 1M Smartwords included
- Account manager onboarding
- Priority SLA
- Everything in Accelerate
- Content Update and Quality Assurance coworkers
- API access and custom integrations
- SSO and 2FA
- ROI dashboard and reporting
- 2M Smartwords, 2 workspaces plus sandbox
- Branching workflows and event triggers
- Everything in Anticipate
- Compliance and custom coworkers
- 7 workspaces with hierarchy, 6M Smartwords
- Parallel workflows, branching, triggers
- Data residency and organization admin
- Enterprise SLA with on-site support
Best For
Localizing training videos for global L&D teams
Dub compliance, onboarding, and product training videos into multiple languages from one corrected transcript, with optional human review before rollout.
Translating SCORM courses
Upload an Articulate Rise SCORM package and get a single multilingual SCORM file back, including embedded video, audio, and image text.
Multilingual marketing and product video
Produce dubbed and subtitled versions of product demos and marketing videos while keeping brand terminology consistent through glossaries.
Enterprise document and website localization
Translate documents in 80+ formats and connected content systems with AI coworkers handling translation, review, and content updates.
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