diff --git a/videocr/video.py b/videocr/video.py
index 2031239..8535b87 100644
--- a/videocr/video.py
+++ b/videocr/video.py
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ class Video:
     use_fullframe: bool
     num_frames: int
     fps: float
+    ocr_frame_start: int
+    num_ocr_frames: int
     pred_frames: List[PredictedFrame]
     pred_subs: List[PredictedSubtitle]
 
-    def __init__(self, path, lang, use_fullframe=False):
+    def __init__(self, path: str, lang: str, use_fullframe=False,
+                 time_start='0:00', time_end=''):
         self.path = path
         self.lang = lang
         self.use_fullframe = use_fullframe
@@ -26,24 +29,53 @@ class Video:
         self.fps = v.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
         v.release()
 
+        self.ocr_frame_start = self._frame_index(time_start)
+
+        if time_end:
+            ocr_end = self._frame_index(time_end)
+        else:
+            ocr_end = self.num_frames
+        self.num_ocr_frames = ocr_end - self.ocr_frame_start
+
+        if self.num_ocr_frames < 0:
+            raise ValueError('time_start is later than time_end')
+
+    def _frame_index(self, time: str) -> int:
+        t = time.split(':')
+        t = list(map(int, t))
+        if len(t) == 3:
+            td = datetime.timedelta(hours=t[0], minutes=t[1], seconds=t[2])
+        elif len(t) == 2:
+            td = datetime.timedelta(minutes=t[0], seconds=t[1])
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'time data "{}" does not match format "%H:%M:%S"'.format(time))
+
+        index = int(td.total_seconds() * self.fps)
+        if index > self.num_frames or index < 0:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'time data "{}" exceeds video duration'.format(time))
+
+        return index
+
+    def run_ocr(self) -> None:
+        v = cv2.VideoCapture(self.path)
+        v.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES, self.ocr_frame_start)
+        frames = (v.read()[1] for _ in range(self.num_ocr_frames))
+
+        # perform ocr to all frames in parallel
+        with futures.ProcessPoolExecutor() as pool:
+            ocr_map = pool.map(self._single_frame_ocr, frames, chunksize=10)
+            self.pred_frames = [PredictedFrame(i + self.ocr_frame_start, data) 
+                                for i, data in enumerate(ocr_map)]
+
+        v.release()
+
     def _single_frame_ocr(self, img) -> str:
         if not self.use_fullframe:
             # only use bottom half of the frame by default
             img = img[img.shape[0] // 2:, :]
-        data = pytesseract.image_to_data(img, lang=self.lang)
-        return data
-
-    def run_ocr(self) -> None:
-        v = cv2.VideoCapture(self.path)
-        frames = (v.read()[1] for _ in range(self.num_frames))
-
-        # perform ocr to all frames in parallel
-        with futures.ProcessPoolExecutor() as pool:
-            frames_ocr = pool.map(self._single_frame_ocr, frames, chunksize=10)
-            self.pred_frames = [PredictedFrame(i, data) 
-                                for i, data in enumerate(frames_ocr)]
-
-        v.release()
+        return pytesseract.image_to_data(img, lang=self.lang)
 
     def get_subtitles(self) -> str:
         self._generate_subtitles()
@@ -67,7 +99,7 @@ class Video:
         bound = WIN_BOUND
         i = 0
         j = 1
-        while j < self.num_frames:
+        while j < self.num_ocr_frames:
             fi, fj = self.pred_frames[i], self.pred_frames[j]
 
             if fi.is_similar_to(fj):
@@ -86,7 +118,7 @@ class Video:
             j += 1
 
         # also handle the last remaining frames
-        if i < self.num_frames - 1:
+        if i < self.num_ocr_frames - 1:
             self._append_sub(PredictedSubtitle(self.pred_frames[i:]))
 
     def _append_sub(self, sub: PredictedSubtitle) -> None: