Use automatic dubbing

Automatic dubbing generates translated audio tracks in different languages to make your videos more accessible to viewers around the world. Videos with these audio tracks are marked as 'auto-dubbed' in the video description. Viewers can always switch to the original audio track or to another available language in the video settings. Automatic dubbing isn't yet available for all creators, and you can only manage it on YouTube Studio on your computer.

This feature is turned on by default. When you upload a new video, dubs will be automatically generated. These dubs will be published automatically for non-experimental languages.

Note: Automatic dubbing helps make info more accessible globally, even though not all videos can be successfully or accurately dubbed. Dubs are generated automatically, so they might contain errors due to mispronunciations, accents, dialects or background noise in the original video. We may also face challenges translating proper nouns, idioms and jargon. Other issues may arise with speech recognition, like matching the voice used for dubbing to the original voice. You, or someone who speaks the target language, can review dubs before publication.

As we continue to expand support for additional languages, you can get early access to languages considered 'experimental'. Automatic dubbing is available for videos in the following languages to be dubbed into English, and for videos in English to be dubbed into the following languages:

  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Hindi (experimental)
  • Indonesian (experimental)
  • Japanese (experimental)

Turn off automatic dubbing for your channel

While automatic dubbing is turned on by default, you can turn it off at any time.

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Settings and then Upload defaults and then Advanced settings.
  3. Untick the Allow automatic dubbing box.
  4. Click Save.

Turn on automatic dubbing for your channel

If you've previously turned off automatic dubbing, you can turn it back on for your channel.

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Settings and then Upload defaults and then Advanced settings.
  3. Tick the Allow automatic dubbing box.
  4. If you would like to review the dubs before they're published, tick the Review before publishing box.
  5. Choose either All languages or Only experimental languages.
  6. Click Save.

Manage automatic dubbing for a video

Turn on 'review before publishing'

If you have automatic dubbing turned on for your channel and you want to review the dubs or not publish them for a specific video, you can turn this option on while uploading.

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. In the top-right corner, click Create and then Upload videos .
  3. Select the file that you'd like to upload.
  4. Click Show more.
  5. Under 'Automatic dubbing', turn on Review before publishing.
  6. Continue uploading your video.
To preview, publish, unpublish or delete automatic dubs, turn on Review before publishing in your channel settings, or for a specific video, by following the instructions above.

Preview dubs

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Content , then select the video that you want to manage dubbing for.
  3. Click Languages .
  4. In the 'Language' column, click on the relevant language.
  5. In the 'Preview' menu under the video, select the relevant language.
  6. Play the video.

Publish dubs

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Content , then select the video that you want to manage dubbing for.
  3. Click Languages .
  4. Hover over the relevant language, then click in the 'Audio' column.
  5. Select Publish.

Unpublish dubs

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Content , then select the video that you want to manage dubbing for.
  3. Click Languages .
  4. Hover over the relevant language, then click in the 'Audio' column.
  5. Select Unpublish.

When you unpublish a dub, you can choose to republish it or delete it later.

Delete dubs

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer.
  2. Click Content , then select the video that you want to manage dubbing for.
  3. Click Languages .
  4. Hover over the relevant language, then click in the 'Audio' column.
  5. Select Delete .

Once a dub is deleted, it won't be available and you can't republish it.

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