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How do I add subtitles to a video for free?

Pick the route by where the video is going. Publishing on YouTube: upload it, let automatic captions generate (they cover Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and more), then open Subtitles in YouTube Studio and correct them. Posting on Instagram, LinkedIn or WhatsApp, where most people watch on mute: burn the words into the picture with Microsoft Clipchamp's free subtitle generator, which transcribes the audio, lets you edit and style the text, and downloads the video plus an .SRT file, watermark-free up to 1080p. Sending a subtitle file to someone, or working offline: Subtitle Edit is free and open source, and creates and times a subtitle file on your own computer. Whichever you use, read the captions through once, because machines miss names, brands and numbers. Rule: YouTube's own captions for YouTube, Clipchamp for burnt-in captions on social video.

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YouTube's own page listing every language automatic captions cover, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, and how to review and fix them in YouTube Studio.

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