Captions and Subtitles
Add multiple captions or subtitle tracks to your videos
The Caption feature allows you to give viewers a deeper understanding of your video. Adding captions and subtitles makes your videos more accessible to people who can't follow the audio—either because they speak a different language or because they are deaf or hard of hearing.
How do I get started?
You can add captions to one of your videos by uploading a closed caption file using the "Captions and Subtitles" menu on the editing page. For more details about adding caption files, including what format they should be in, take a look at this Help Centre article.
How can I see the captions on a video?
You can search for videos with captions by choosing "Type: Closed Captions" in YouTube Search. Click here for an example.
Videos with captions display this small logo at the bottom of the player: 
If a video includes captions, you can activate them by clicking the menu button located on the bottom right-hand side of the video player. Clicking this button will also allow you to choose which caption track you want to see. You can find more examples here.
How can I translate the captions on a video?
If captions are available, but not in a language that you prefer, you can try the machine translation feature. Open the captions menu, just as if picking a caption track, but click the "Translate..." button.
What else should I know about Captions?
Captions can be searched for, so accurate captions will help people find your videos.
Although you can choose a caption track in the sub-menu, you can also control captions with various keyboard short-cuts:
- Increase text size: press "+" key
- Decrease text size: press "-" key
- Change background: press "B" or "b" key
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