Add subtitles and captions

Subtitles and captions allow you to share your videos with a larger audition, including deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers and viewers who speak some other language. Larn more most editing or removing existing captions.

Create subtitles and captions

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left card, select Subtitles.
  3. Click the video that you lot'd similar to edit.
  4. Click Add Linguistic communication and select your language.
  5. Under subtitles, click ADD.

Note: You tin can also add subtitles and captions during the upload process.

Upload a file

Subtitle and caption files contain the text of what is said in the video. It likewise contains timestamps for when each line of text should exist displayed. Some files besides include position and style info, which is especially useful for deafened or hard-of-hearing viewers.

Before you start, brand certain that your file type is supported on YouTube.

  1. Select Upload file.
  2. Choose between With timing or Without timing, then select Go on.
  3. Choose a file to upload.
  4. Select Salve.

Auto-sync

Yous can create subtitles and captions past entering them in equally you lookout the video. You'll demand to fix the timing to sync with your video with this option.

Note: Transcript text is automatically synchronized to your video. The transcript must be in a language supported by our speech recognition engineering science. The transcript must also be in the aforementioned language that's spoken in the video. Transcripts are not recommended for videos that are over an hour long or accept poor audio quality.

  1. Select Auto-sync.
  2. Enter the words in the video or upload a transcript file.
  3. Select EDIT, and so click Save AND CLOSE.

Setting the timings can have a few minutes. While you wait, y'all'll be brought back to the video tracklist. Once it'south ready, your transcription will automatically be published on your video.

Type manually

Yous can choose to blazon or paste a transcript of your captions and subtitles. With this choice, your subtitle and caption timings will exist prepare automatically.

  1. SelectTypemanually.
  2. Play the video and enter your captions or subtitles. Don't forget to add text like[adulation] or[thunder], so that viewers know what'due south going on in the video. You tin also pause while typing.
  3. SelectPUBLISH.

To speed up your piece of work, you lot can also use these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Windows/command + left arrow: Seek back ane 2nd.
  • Windows/control + right arrow: Seek forward 1 2d.
  • Windows/command + infinite: Pause or play the video.
  • Windows/control + enter: Add together a new line.
  • Windows/control + down pointer: Edit adjacent subtitle.
  • Windows/command + up pointer: Edit previous subtitle.
  • Enter: Add together the subtitle.

Auto-translate

YouTube can use speech recognition engineering science to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they'll automatically exist published on the video. Acquire how to utilize automated captions.

Watch how to add subtitles and captions

Bank check out the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to add subtitles and captions.

How to Add Captions While Uploading & Editing Your Videos

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