Introduction
Many people use YouTube to post videos. When a video is uploaded to YouTube, automatic captions are generated by machine learning algorithms and, because of this, the quality of the captions may vary. It is important for the video creator to review the automatic captions and edit any parts that haven't been properly transcribed. Follow the directions below to edit your captions in YouTube.
Directions
Once logged into your YouTube account, select your account icon in the top right corner then select YouTube Studio.
On the left side panel, select Subtitles.
Next to your video under Languages, select the dropdown arrow. To the far right, click on the link labeled Duplicate and Edit.
From here, you can choose to Edit as Text or edit with Assign Timings.
To change from edit as text to assigned timings, click the link labeled Assign Timings.
To change from assign timings to edit as text, click the link labeled Edit as Text.
From here, you can edit the text and adjust the timing. To adjust the timing, either enter start and stop times to the right of the text boxes, or use the slider bar below the video to adjust.
Once you are done editing, select Publish.
