Free tool

Fix reversed or broken Arabic subtitles

Arabic subtitles often come out backwards, with letters that don't join, or with full stops on the wrong side. Upload or paste your SRT or VTT file and get a fixed file back. It runs fully in your browser.

Runs fully in your browser: your file never leaves your device.

How it works

1

Add your subtitles

Upload the .srt or .vtt file, or paste its text.

2

Press Fix my subtitles

Reversed lines are turned around and broken letters are joined again.

3

Download the fixed file

Use it in YouTube, CapCut, Premiere or your player.

Why Arabic subtitles break

Many tools and older players were built for left-to-right text. When they export Arabic, they sometimes save it in display order (backwards), or as separate letter shapes that no longer join into words. Punctuation then jumps to the wrong end of the line. Some editors are known for it: Arabic captions in the wrong order are a common complaint on their own feedback boards.

What the tool does

It joins letters that were saved as separate shapes, turns around lines that run backwards (it recognises them by letters such as ة and ى that can only end a word), keeps English words and numbers inside a line in their own order, and adds right-to-left marks so players put punctuation where it belongs. Lines that were already right stay as they are.

Nothing leaves your device

The fixing happens in your browser. Your subtitles are not uploaded anywhere.

Avoid the problem next time

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Questions

Why are my Arabic subtitles backwards?

The tool that made them saved the text in display order instead of reading order. Upload the file above and it is turned around for you.

Why are the Arabic letters not connected?

The file stores each letter's shape separately. The tool converts them back into normal letters, which join automatically.

Why is the full stop on the wrong side?

The player doesn't know the line is right to left. The fixed file adds invisible right-to-left marks so punctuation sits at the end of the sentence.

Does it change lines that were correct?

No. Only lines that look reversed or broken are changed; the others get the right-to-left marks only.

Which files work?

SRT and VTT. Paste the text if you only have it in a document.