Add together 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 some other language. Learn more about editing or removing existing captions.

Create subtitles and captions

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left bill of fare, 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 as well add subtitles and captions during the upload process.

Upload a file

Subtitle and explanation files incorporate the text of what is said in the video. It also contains timestamps for when each line of text should be displayed. Some files also include position and style info, which is specially useful for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers.

Earlier you lot kickoff, make sure that your file type is supported on YouTube.

  1. Select Upload file.
  2. Choose betwixt With timing or Without timing, and so select Keep.
  3. Choose a file to upload.
  4. Select Salvage.

Auto-sync

Yous tin create subtitles and captions by inbound them in as y'all spotter the video. You'll need to set the timing to sync with your video with this pick.

Notation: Transcript text is automatically synchronized to your video. The transcript must exist in a linguistic communication supported by our speech recognition engineering science. The transcript must as well be in the same linguistic communication that's spoken in the video. Transcripts are not recommended for videos that are over an hour long or have poor audio quality.

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

Setting the timings tin take a few minutes. While y'all wait, y'all'll be brought back to the video tracklist. Once it's ready, your transcription volition automatically be published on your video.

Type manually

Yous can choose to type or paste a transcript of your captions and subtitles. With this option, your subtitle and caption timings will be set 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's going on in the video. You can besides suspension while typing.
  3. SelectPUBLISH.

To speed upward your piece of work, y'all tin can too employ these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Windows/command + left pointer: Seek back ane second.
  • Windows/command + correct arrow: Seek forward 1 2d.
  • Windows/control + space: Pause or play the video.
  • Windows/command + enter: Add a new line.
  • Windows/control + down arrow: Edit side by side subtitle.
  • Windows/command + upwards arrow: Edit previous subtitle.
  • Enter: Add the subtitle.

Auto-interpret

YouTube tin can use voice communication recognition engineering science to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they'll automatically be published on the video. Learn how to employ automated captions.

Sentinel how to add subtitles and captions

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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