hello everyone I'm Andrew can and if I
can you can too I'll teach you how to
add closed captions to youtube videos
for free closed captions are not only a
great way for your video to be more
inclusive but gives YouTube more
metadata to help rank your video with
I'll show you how to add closed captions
to youtube videos with and without a
script but let's start without a script
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first head to the my videos page select
the video you want to add the closed
captions to and click the edit button
this will take you to the subtitles /
closed captions page you should see an
automatic caption option in your native
language and automatic in parenthesis
click on this and this will let you see
the YouTube automatically generated
subtitles / closed caption source this
is great if you want to add captions but
don't have the script or funds to add
them in other ways to actually edit
these captions we're going to select
edit this will refresh the page and will
let you start to edit the videos closed
captions
sometimes the automatic captions are 100
percent fine
but other times they can be slightly off
you can make edits as needed then once
it's done you'll select publish edits
they might show up in pending publish if
the video is longer but once done you'll
see under the automatic option your new
closed captions / subtitles and like
before you can edit them by selecting
the new closed captions or closed
captions and subtitles are very similar
they are not the same thing closed
captions are a transcription of dialogue
subtitles are a translation continuing
on I'll show you how to add closed
captions with a script
head to the my videos page once again
and select edit and closed captions on
the video of your choice and then select
add new subtitles or CC you can select
your native language which for me is
English or search one of the 189 plus
other languages that YouTube supports
I'll select English you'll be given
three options upload a file which if
you've paid a site like Rev comm or
three media to do captions you can add
them here I've had to purchase
professional captions for some film
festivals so you can just upload them
here transcribe and auto-sync
which lets you type or paste in a full
transcript of the video and the subtitle
timings will be set automatically create
new subtitles or CC lets you create
captions by typing what is being said
along with the video we'll be selecting
transcribe and auto-sync
this will allow us to copy and paste in
our script I'm using the same script
from earlier in the video and will be
pasting that in now once you've pasted
the video select set timings it might
take a bit for the timings to be set but
once they are you'll be able to see your
captions by refreshing then select the
new captions and you can watch and edit
them for timing
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this looks great for me so I'll go ahead
and select publish
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transcribe and auto-sync also works on
film scripts to take a look at this
example
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at least one of us gets to eat
just as before copy and paste the script
into transcribe and auto-sync
and watch as the rest falls into place
that's gonna be it for this video are
you adding closed captions to your video
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