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How to add subtitles to a video: YouTube, desktop, mobile

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Subtitles can improve video accessibility, engagement, watch time, and search discoverability by serving sound-off viewers, people with hearing impairments, non-native speakers, and platform indexing systems. The guide recommends ElevenCreative’s AI Caption Generator, powered by its Scribe speech-to-text model, to upload supported video files, create word-level time-synced captions, edit transcripts and speaker labels, and export caption files for editors or hosting platforms. It explains how to upload exported SRT-style caption files through YouTube Studio or burn styled subtitles directly into short-form videos, while iPhone users can complete the same workflow through a mobile browser and a compatible editing app. Automatic captioning is presented as faster and more reliable than fully manual subtitling, though users should review transcription accuracy, especially for names and technical terms, and may use a personal dictionary for recurring vocabulary.

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