Share the part of the sermon people will carry into their week
The problems, and what fixes them
The message runs 35 minutes and the volunteer editor has one evening.
Upload a section up to 15 (Creator) or 60 (Studio) minutes and the clip finder suggests the strongest moments to cut.
Clips depend on context from earlier in the message.
Each check flags likely drop-off moments and suggests hooks, so a clip that only makes sense with the setup is easy to spot.
The sanctuary echoes and the lapel mic picks up the room.
Audio cleanup on export reduces noise and evens out levels.
Part of your congregation reads more easily in another language.
Translated captions in Spanish, French, German or Portuguese, timed to the original speech (Creator and Studio).
The features that do it
- Clip finderCreator and Studio
- Suggested moments from a sermon section up to 15 (Creator) or 60 (Studio) minutes.
- Speaker tracking
- Follows the speaker's face when you reframe a horizontal camera to vertical.
- Translated captionsCreator and Studio
- Spanish, French, German or Portuguese captions.
- Caption word editing
- Fix names, places and scripture references before export.
- Brand kitStudio
- Your church's caption font, colors and logo on every clip.
- End card
- Point viewers to the full message or your service times.
What works for this kind of video
Pick a moment that stands on its own
The best sermon clips are a complete thought: one illustration, one story, or one application someone can act on this week. If a clip needs the previous ten minutes to make sense, it will not hold a stranger.
Put the reference on screen
If the moment rests on a passage, show the book, chapter and verse as text in the first seconds. Viewers who scroll with the sound off still know what the clip is about.
Be careful with worship music
Most worship songs are copyrighted, and a license to perform or stream them in a service does not always cover posting clips on social apps. Clip the spoken parts, or check your licenses before you include music.
Give one clear next step
End with one thing: watch the full message, join a group, or visit on Sunday. An end card on export makes it consistent from week to week.
Step by step
- Trim the message out of the full service recording.
- Run the clip finder on a section up to 15 (Creator) or 60 (Studio) minutes and pick a moment.
- Fix the opening, check names and references in the captions.
- Export vertical with captions (and a translated version if you need one) and an end card.
What ViralAri does not do
- The clip finder takes up to 15 (Creator) or 60 (Studio) minutes per run, so a full service needs to be split into sections.
- ViralAri does not check song licensing or copyright for you.
- It checks attention and structure, not theology. What goes out is your team's call.
- No livestreaming, hosting or posting. You download the export and post it.
Questions
Can a volunteer use it without editing experience?
Yes. Upload a section, pick a suggested moment, apply the fixes and export. Trims, silence removal, captions and hook text are simple toggles in the editor.
Which languages can captions be translated into?
Spanish, French, German and Portuguese, on Creator and Studio. Translated captions show phrase by phrase rather than word by word.
Will it understand scripture references and names?
Usually, but speech models get names and references wrong more often than everyday words. You can edit any caption word before you export.
Check your actual draft before you post
Check any short in about a minute: Ari scores the opening, flags the moments most likely to lose viewers, suggests 3 fixes and writes 5 hooks from what you say. Got a podcast or stream? Clip finder finds the best moments in videos up to 15 minutes.
Free tools that help
- Free, daily limitPodcast and interview transcriptionParagraphs with timestamps for a podcast or interview segment.
- Free, daily limitVideo to SRTStandard SRT and VTT files: 42 characters a line, 2 lines a cue.
- Free, instantYouTube Shorts sizeRecommended size and ratio, plus the Shorts safe zones.