Describe what happens in the video, because a text form has no way to watch it. Say what the account is about and what you would like viewers to do, and Hemmingway writes four short captions.
They are made from what you typed. It does not guess at a sound, a trend or a location, and it adds hashtags only if you ask for them.
What a TikTok caption is for
On TikTok the video does the talking and the caption is a line or two of small type. So it has a narrow job: add what the video cannot.
- Context. What the order was for, how long it took, why you are doing it.
- The ask. If you want messages, follows or orders, say so plainly. Viewers rarely guess.
- The name of the thing. Write what the video is in the words a person would search, as part of a normal sentence. "Wedding cupcakes in Cardiff" helps the right person find you.
- No replay of the video. Mention any text that is already on screen, so the caption does not say it twice.
An example
Asked for a caption for a 20-second, sped-up clip of someone icing 48 cupcakes for a wedding order, ending on the finished box, for a home bakery in Cardiff that posts orders being made, wanting viewers to message to order for their own event, in a chatty, short voice with two or three hashtags that fit, captions along these lines are what to expect:
48 cupcakes for a wedding, from bare to boxed.
Wedding order done. Got an event coming up? Message me.
What a wedding order looks like before the lid goes on. #weddingcupcakes #cardiffbakery
Hashtags, and the words in the video
Ask for hashtags in the voice field and say how many. It picks ones that describe the video and leaves out the generic ones everybody adds.
If you want the words spoken or shown in the clip as well, ask in the chat once the captions are written, or start from the script generator. Posting the same clip elsewhere? There is an Instagram caption generator, and a YouTube title generator for when it goes up as a longer video.
Common questions
Is the TikTok caption generator free?
Yes. Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and this tool opens it with your answers filled in. You sign up once, and the captions are written in the chat.
Can it watch my video?
No. The form only takes text, so describe what happens and what is said or written on screen.
Should a TikTok caption have hashtags?
A few that describe the video help a reader see what it is about. Ask for two or three in the voice field. A long block of generic tags adds nothing a viewer will read.
Does it post to TikTok for me?
No. You copy the caption into TikTok when you upload. This page only writes the words.
Will it sound like AI?
It is built not to. Hemmingway-1, the model behind it, came first on sounding like a person in our own blind test, Human-Likeness. It still helps to read it aloud and change any word you would not use.