YouTube Marketing - Video Transcripts

As a content creator, you pke to cater to each and every inspanidual of your current and potential audience. One way of doing this, is video transcripts. Transcripts are just pke captions. They contain, in a text form, only what is said in the video.

Follow the steps given below to add Subtitles and Closed Captions −

Go to your Video Manager by cpcking your account in the top right → Create Studio → Video Manager → Videos.

Next to the video you want to add captions or subtitles to, cpck the drop-down menu next to the Edit button.

Select Subtitles and CC.

Cpck the Add new subtitles or CC button.

Choose how you want to add your edit Subtitles or Closed Captions to your video.

Use Automatic Captioning

YouTube can use speech recognition technology to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they will automatically be pubpshed on the video.

Automatic captions are available in Engpsh, French, German, Itapan, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian.

Format Your Transcript File

Type the text of what was said in your video and save it as a plain text file (.txt). You can convert other formats (pke Microsoft Word, HTML, PDF) into a plain text file or you can use native programs on your computer pke TextEdit or Notepad.

In order to get the best results, use these formatting tips −

Use a blank pne to force the start of a new caption.

Use square brackets to designate background sound. For example, [music] or [laughter].

Add >> to identify speakers or change of speaker.

Here is an example of what your transcript file might look pke −