Add subtitles and captions

Subtitles and captions allow you to share your videos with a larger audience, including deaf or difficult-of-hearing viewers and viewers who speak another linguistic communication. Learn more near editing or removing existing captions.

Create subtitles and captions

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Subtitles.
  3. Click the video that you'd like to edit.
  4. Click Add together LANGUAGE 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. Information technology also contains timestamps for when each line of text should be displayed. Some files also include position and mode info, which is especially useful for deafened or difficult-of-hearing viewers.

Before you outset, brand sure that your file blazon is supported on YouTube.

  1. Select Upload file.
  2. Cull betwixt With timing or Without timing, and then select Go on.
  3. Choose a file to upload.
  4. Select Save.

Motorcar-sync

You lot tin create subtitles and captions past inbound them in as you lookout the video. You'll need to set 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 voice communication recognition technology. The transcript must also be in the same linguistic communication that's spoken in the video. Transcripts are non recommended for videos that are over an hour long or have poor audio quality.

  1. Select Automobile-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 tin can take a few minutes. While y'all wait, y'all'll be brought back to the video tracklist. Once it's ready, your transcription will automatically be published on your video.

Type manually

You tin choose to type or paste a transcript of your captions and subtitles. With this pick, your subtitle and caption timings will exist set automatically.

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

To speed up your piece of work, you tin too utilize these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Windows/command + left arrow: Seek dorsum one 2d.
  • Windows/control + correct arrow: Seek frontwards 1 second.
  • Windows/command + space: Pause or play the video.
  • Windows/command + enter: Add together a new line.
  • Windows/command + downwardly pointer: Edit side by side subtitle.
  • Windows/command + up pointer: Edit previous subtitle.
  • Enter: Add the subtitle.

Auto-translate

YouTube can use speech recognition technology to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they'll automatically be published on the video. Learn how to use automatic captions.

Lookout how to add subtitles and captions

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

How to Add together Captions While Uploading & Editing Your Videos

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