Hi this video is about how to quickly and
easily create closed captions and
subtitles for YouTube videos do you want to
to reach a wider audience with your YouTube
videos in this video I discuss the
benefits of adding closed captions and
subtitles for YouTube videos how to
quickly and easily edit the
auto-generated transcript by YouTube and
share some important things to keep in
mind when creating your transcript hi my
name is Herman Drost from
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benefits of adding closed captions and
subtitles for YouTube videos. Access a
new global audience adding closed
captions and subtitles
aids the deaf and hard-of-hearing it
also helps people who can't understand
your accent or what you're trying to say
if you're talking too fast if people are
in the library or at work and have the
sound turned off they can still read the
captions under your video adding captions
and subtitles to all the videos on your
channel will help to create extra
traffic that may result in a snowball
effect YouTube also indexes the text
that's created by your captions and
subtitles which helps your video in the
search results now that you know the
significance of adding closed captions
and subtitles to your YouTube videos let
me show you how to edit the
auto-generated transcript created by
YouTube. Go to your newly uploaded video
on YouTube click the more actions button.
Click transcribe here it says transcript
English automatic captions click the
drop down button click English automatic
captions YouTube has now created all the
captions for your YouTube video now I've
discovered that YouTube has improved the
accuracy over the last few years now you
only need to make few edits this saves a
ton of time creating your own
transcription also you don't have to pay
for any transcription services now click
on subtitles and CC under the video
click on English automatic here it says view
publish subtitles and CC english
automatic click edit now you just play the
video and edit the transcribed text
let's see how accurate the text is
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YouTube Hi my name is Herman Drost from
drostdesigns.com okay you can see that
YouTube transcribed every single word
accurately except for my last name so I
just need to edit my last name. As you
can see the transcribed text from
YouTube is very accurate and you only
need to make a few changes this beats
having to transcribe the whole video
yourself after you've finished editing your
transcript click publish edits it says
overwrite existing subtitles Publishing
these subtitles will overwrite the
existing subtitles for English. Click publish. Now
you notice that you've got the English
automatic at the top here and you've
got the English transcript underneath
let's check the new subtitles or CC by
playing the video as you can see you've
now got the closed captions under the
video if we go to the YouTube watch page
you can see the captions more clearly
let's play the video that's pretty
accurate to me now you're all done keep
these important things in mind when
adding closed captions and subtitles for
your YouTube videos avoid using the
auto-generated transcript created by
YouTube instead spend a few minutes to
edit the transcript so it will be a more
accurate reflection of your video
content it only takes a few minutes to
edit the auto-generated transcript of a
5-minute video if you prefer to
capitalize and add periods to your
sentences you'll have to do some formatting
in your transcript add closed captions
to your old videos so they'll appeal to
a wider audience if the length of your
video is 20 minutes or more I suggest
using a paid transcription service such
as rev.com or gotranscript.com rev.com
charges $1 per minute and gotranscript.com charges 0.72 cents per
minute alternatively you can create and
upload your own transcript click the card
icon to learn how and I'll also post a link
in the description let me ask you a
question are you currently adding closed
captions and subtitles to your newly
uploaded videos post your answer in the
comments below I'd love to read them
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