Captioning your videos is essential. And there is a simple, easy way to add captions or subtitles to all your videos. Let me show you how.

This captioning Method Works with YouTube

When you are uploading your video to YouTube, there is a fairly simple way to add captions. Captions or subtitles are an important component of all your digital content. Most digital consumers are viewing your videos on their phones, many are watching them with the sound muted. Captions can increase your views or downloads, but they are a must for the hearing impaired. There are several ways to caption a video. I’m demonstrating one.

Beware of the provided subtitles.

This method uses the tools that YouTube provides. Most of the captioning work has been done, but beware, do not publish the subtitles YouTube provides unless you “Spell-Check.” I use Grammarly to spell-check.

Here is my Step-By-Step Guide:

Here are the steps I outline in my video on my YouTube Channel

1. Log in and navigate to your YouTube Channel’s Video Page.
2. On the left side, halfway down the Dashboard, you will see Subtitles.
3. Click on Subtitles.
4. When you see your Video List click on the video you wish to Subtitle or Caption.
5. In the Subtitles column, hover over Published (automatic)
6. Click on the three dots.
7. This will give you options. Click on “Edit in Classic Studio”
8. This takes you to the “Video published subtitles and CC: English (Automatic)” page.
9. Click on edit.
10. Click on box that says “Pause Video while typing.”(important)
11. This gives you the ability to edit your text, which YouTube has automatically done for you.
12. Don’t publish without editing. There will be typos and little or no punctuation.
13. Click on the text to correct the errors. If you can’t spell (I can’t) use Grammarly or other spell-check apps.
14. Play the video as you correct when you are satisfied click on Save Changes.

CONGRATULATIONS!

There are several ways to caption a video. This is just one.

Note: There is a difference between captions and subtitles. Subtitles are basically the words being said in the video at the bottom of the screen. But captions or closed captions (CC) are for the hearing impaired, they include music and sounds in brackets.