Caption402 terms of use

By paying for a request you (the operator of the agent or software making the purchase) accept these terms.

1. The service

Caption402 reads the audio of a video or audio file at a link you provide, transcribes it with automatic speech recognition, optionally translates it with a language model, and returns timed captions (SRT, WebVTT) and a transcript. It is priced per minute of media and paid in USDC via the x402 protocol. The exact price is shown before payment, and payment is taken only when captions are delivered. Captions are machine-generated and may contain errors; review them before publishing.

2. Your content and rights

Only submit media that you own, that you have permission to caption and translate, or that you may otherwise lawfully process (for example under an applicable exception in your jurisdiction).
Only direct links to media files are accepted. Links to streaming, video-sharing and social platforms (such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Netflix) are refused, because their terms do not allow downloading.
You are responsible for any rights or consents needed for the people, voices and content in the media, and for how you use the captions.

3. Prohibited uses

Infringing copyright or other rights, including captioning or translating content you are not allowed to copy or adapt for distribution.
Processing recordings made without the consent required by law, or using the service for surveillance or to identify private individuals.
Fraud, harassment, or any illegal activity.
Pointing the service at private systems, or using it to download content for any purpose other than captioning.
Reselling access to the service as a standalone transcription product.

4. Processing and retention

The media is read once to extract the audio. The audio is sent to our speech recognition and translation provider for processing and deleted from our server as soon as the job ends. We do not keep your media. Caption files are kept for 24 hours at unguessable links so you can download them, then deleted.

5. Enforcement and copyright reports

We may refuse any request at any time, block the paying wallet address and related wallets, and cooperate with lawful requests from authorities. Rights holders can report misuse to abuse@caption402.com; please include the media link and the time of the request, and we will act promptly, including removing any stored caption files.

6. Records

We keep request records (paying wallet address, time, media host and path, duration, languages, result) for up to 90 days to handle abuse and disputes. We do not require names or email addresses.

7. No warranty

The service is provided as is, without warranty of accuracy, availability, speed, or suitability for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our liability is limited to the amount paid for the affected request. You will indemnify us against claims arising from media you submit or your violation of these terms.