Non-Speech Captions
If you have a video without any speech, it is still important to add captions per the Non-Speech Elements guidelines (found in the Caption Quality Standards). You can do this a couple of ways:
Use a Sample Caption File
- Download a sample caption file:
- Edit the text as needed.
- Upload it as a caption file using the Uploading a Caption File to YouTube instructions.
Manually Create Non-Speech Captions
- When adding a file, click “Type manually”.
- Enter the non-speech information and adjust the time to 15 seconds:
- Click “Publish”.