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Export your corrected transcript from Descript and upload it to YouTube as a subtitle file, so viewers get accurate captions instead of YouTube’s auto-generated ones.

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Getting Started

YouTube automatically generates captions for uploaded videos, but they may not be as accurate as your Descript-corrected transcript. Check out our help center article Why do my videos have misspelled captions after uploading to YouTube? to learn how to remove YouTube automatic captions from your video. Once you’ve finished editing your video and making all of the corrections to the transcript, check out our article on Exporting subtitles to see how you can generate a .VTT or .SRT subtitle file for use with YouTube. Alterniatively, you can use your own .SRT file if you already have one.

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Adding subtitles to YouTube

Now that you’ve generated your subtitle file, navigate to YouTube and click on Your videos in the left-hand sidebar. 2025-03-04_13-11-27.png On the Channel content page, mouse over your video then select the Details button. 2025-03-04_13-10-09.png On the Video details page, click the Subtitles menu in the left-hand sidebar. 2025-03-04_13-12-25.png If no default language is selected for your channel, click the Add Language button and select the appropriate language for your subtitles. 2025-03-04_13-20-55.png Click on the pencil icon to the right of your new subtitle language to open up the subtitle editor. 2025-03-04_13-19-41-1.png Click the Upload file button and then select the subtitle file on your computer, then click Open. 2025-03-04_13-23-01.png At this point, you have the option of reviewing your subtitle text and timings to make any necessary adjustments. The following YouTube article provides a little more detail on how this can be done: Edit or Remove Captions. Once complete, you may click Publish to finalize your changes. 2025-03-04_13-24-15.png At that point, you’re all set! Your videos will now have great subtitles available for your viewers which they can access by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the video pane. 2025-03-04_13-27-36.png