How to Contribute Subtitles to Someone Else's YouTube Video

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Although community captions were discontinued in September 2020, you may still want to share subtitles with another user. This wikiHow shows you how to create your own subtitle .txt file to send to a YouTube user.

Things You Should Know

  • Subtitles can expand the audience of a video since they make the video accessible to people in different languages.
  • Create a TXT file with timestamps and subtitles.
  • Send a message to the video's creator on YT and ask if you can send the file for them to upload to the video's subtitle area in YT Studio.

Steps

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    On a Windows PC, you can open Notepad.
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    Make sure that the timestamp is correct, otherwise your subtitles might not be in sync with the video.
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    Add extra timestamps if necessary.
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    See Message Someone on YouTube on how to send a message.
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    Will I get money after contributing this?
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    What do I do if the subtitles I put on a video on YouTube haven't been approved yet? Do I need to do anything for them to be approved?
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    You don't need to do anything after that. You just need to wait for it to get reviewed, then approved.
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    How do I make fancy subtitles?
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    There is no way to make "fancy" subtitles. It depends what you mean by "fancy", but all subtitles should follow the same format. Subtitles are there for accessibility, not aesthetics.
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