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 indicate their preferred languages for audio, titles and descriptions, or they can switch between the original and dubbed audio tracks for any specific video. When you upload a new video, dubs will be automatically generated. These dubs will be published according to your publication settings . Over time, we may also generate dubs for previously published videos. This feature is enabled by default for eligible creators. If you don’t have automatic dubbing enabled, you can use early access to enable it by clicking Enable in “ Advanced settings .” Your video may be ineligible for automatic dubbing due to the following reasons: Video Length: The video exceeds 120 minutes. Audio Content: The video contains no speech, only music, or very little spoken content. The original audio is in a language we do not currently support. The video contains no speech, only music, or very little spoken content. The original audio is in a language we do not currently support. Source Language Detection: We were unable to automatically detect the source language of the original audio. Speech Pacing: The speech in the original audio is too fast, which would result in an unlistenable, sped-up dub. Copyright Claims: The video contains copyrighted content . Automatic dubbing best practices To generate more accurate dubs, confirm you have accurately set your original video or channel language to the correct language when you upload the video. If your video's default language is set incorrectly, its automatic dubs may be mistranslated. You cannot edit automatic dubs. If your automatic dubs were mistranslated, you can update the original video language to the correct language and the dubs will be automatically generated again. Automatic dubbing quality Available languages For a specific video, you can refer to the Languages page in YouTube Studio for a list of languages available for that video, including which are experimental. Supported languages for automatic dubbing Original language Language(s) available for automatic dubbing Chinese (Traditional) Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, French*, German*, Hebrew, Hindi*, Indonesian*, Italian*, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese*, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish*, Tamil, Telugu, Ukrainian Bengali, English* English* or Indonesian English*, Spanish Arabic, English*, Portuguese Turn off automatic dubbing for your channel You can turn off auto-dubbing at any time. Sign in to YouTube Studio . Click Settings Channel Advanced settings . Uncheck the Allow automatic dubbing box. Turn on automatic dubbing for your channel If you’ve previously turned off automatic dubbing, you can turn it back on for your channel. Sign in to YouTube Studio . Click Settings Channel Advanced settings . Check the Allow automatic dubbing box. If you would like to review the dubs before they’re published, check the Manually review dubs before publishing box. Adjust automatic dubbing publication settings

To review automatically generated dubs before they are published (or to prevent their publication), enable the manual review option within your channel settings. Sign in to YouTube Studio . Click Settings Channel Advanced settings . The Allow automatic dubbing box must be checked. If you would like to review the dubs before they’re published, check the Manually review dubs before publishing box. Lip sync is an automatic dubbing feature that alters the speaker's lip movement to align with the dubbed audio. Manage lip sync settings Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer. Click Settings Channel Advanced settings . Ensure the Allow automatic dubbing box is checked, to make the lip sync options visible. Check the Allow experimental lip sync box to experiment with the feature on your dubs. If the setting does not appear then your channel does not currently have access to the experimental lip sync feature. If the setting does not appear then your channel does not currently have access to the experimental lip sync feature. Manage automatic dubbing for a video Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer. Click Content , then select the video you want to manage dubbing for. Click Languages . In the “Language” column, click on the relevant language. In the “Preview” menu under the video, select the relevant language. Play the video. Review dub transcript Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer. Click Content , then select the video you want to manage dubbing for. Click Languages . In the “Language” column, click on the relevant language. In the “Audio” row under the description section, select the relevant language. Click on the to show the dubbed audio options menu. Click on “Review” to show the transcript. Publish, unpublish, or delete dubs For dubs that are not automatically published, you have to publish the dubs manually. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your computer. Click Content , then select the video you want to manage dubbing for. Click Languages . Hover over the relevant language, then click in the “Audio” column. Select Publish , Unpublish , or Delete . Was this helpful? Need more help? Try these next steps: