{"id":15124,"date":"2023-10-13T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/how-to-add-audio-description-to-youtube-videos\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:51:54","slug":"how-to-add-audio-description-to-youtube-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/how-to-add-audio-description-to-youtube-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Audio Description for YouTube Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 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style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Audio Description<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">How to Create Audio Description for YouTube Videos<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/3playmedia\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">3Play Media<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date 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1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                <hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/audio-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create Audio Description for YouTube Videos<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/you-know-whats-cool-billion-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>More than 1 billion hours of videos are watched on YouTube each day.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickawaypound.com\/downloads\/cap19final0502.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>71% of people with disabilities leave a website immediately if it&#8217;s not accessible.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a mathematician to understand these stats and their implications. If you want your YouTube videos to reach their full potential, you need to make them accessible with captions and audio description.<\/p>\n<p>But how?<\/p>\n<p>Until 2023, YouTube didn&#8217;t support audio description in the same way it supported captions. For captions, users could upload an SRT file with their video, but there was no similar solution for audio description. This meant that if a user was going to add audio description, it had to be embedded into the video and uploaded as one version.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICS04hKxVwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube recently launched<\/a> the ability to add audio description tracks to videos\u2014a win for media accessibility! While the audio description capabilities are not available to all users yet, YouTube indicates that they will continue to roll this feature out to more creators.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your content to reach the millions of people who are blind or have low vision, keep reading to learn how to create and add audio description to YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"lp-pom-text-996\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">\n<h2 id=\"lp-pom-text-931\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">How to Create and Add Audio Description to YouTube Videos<\/h2>\n<p>The two most common ways to add audio description to YouTube videos are to create descriptions manually or use an audio description vendor.<\/p>\n<p>Going the DIY route will be a far more labor- and time-intensive process; however, there are some workarounds for adding audio description to your YouTube videos, which we&#8217;ll discuss in this blog.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, you&#8217;re guaranteed high-quality, accurate descriptions when you go through a professional audio description vendor like 3Play.<\/p>\n<p>Our professional describers watch your video and utilize technology and human editing to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/standards-requirements-quality-audio-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clear, accurate descriptions<\/a> that follow the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dcmp.org\/learn\/descriptionkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DCMP guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The descriptions, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/pros-cons-synthesized-speech-audio-description\/\">synthesized speech<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/human-voice-audio-description\/\">professional voice actors<\/a>, are placed using the existing timecodes from your caption file so that they don&#8217;t disrupt the viewer from the original audio track.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/audio-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get started with audio description \u27a1\ufe0f<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Outsourcing to 3Play Media<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"lp-pom-text-997\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">Step 1: Order Audio Description<\/h4>\n<p>Begin by logging into your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.3playmedia.com\/user\/sessions\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3Play Media account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To order audio description, you must first order transcription.<\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Order Services<\/strong> at the top of the screen, and select\u00a0<strong>Transcription &amp; Captioning<\/strong> as your main service. Choose your preferred turnaround time, and click next to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26479 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription.jpg\" alt=\"3Play Media account system order services page\" width=\"567\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-600x409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-585x398.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-888x605.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-220x150.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-110x75.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/order-services-and-transcription-174x118.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Audio Description<\/strong> as an additional service. Choose your preferred service level and turnaround time, then click next.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26480 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777.jpg\" alt=\"3Play Media account system additional services page\" width=\"513\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-585x358.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-888x544.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-245x150.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-122x75.jpg 122w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/account-system-add-ad-page-e1643410984777-174x107.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the method you are going to use to upload your video. <strong>From Links<\/strong> is a great option for YouTube videos, especially those you don&#8217;t own. Copy and paste the video URL, click <strong>Add Files<\/strong>, then hit next.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26481 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"Add Media window in the 3Play Media account system\" width=\"547\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-600x147.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-768x189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-1536x377.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-1400x344.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-585x144.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-888x218.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-611x150.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-305x75.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Add-Media-screenshot-174x43.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Review and submit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you already have a transcribed file from a YouTube video in your account, navigate to the file for which you want audio description, click on the file name, choose <strong>Order More <\/strong>when the menu appears on the right of the screen, and\u00a0choose\u00a0<strong>Audio Description<\/strong>. Follow the prompts to place your order.<\/li>\n<li>If you already have an audio description file from a YouTube video in your account, continue to Step 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"lp-pom-text-997\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">Step 2: Add Your Audio Description File to Your YouTube Video<\/h4>\n<p>Once you have your 3Play Media audio description file, you can either upload your YouTube video with the audio description track embedded or, if you have the ability, add the audio description to your YouTube video as a separate track. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/13338784?hl=en\">Here are the steps:<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign in to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/studio.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Studio<\/a>\u00a0on your computer.<\/li>\n<li>From the left menu, select\u00a0<strong>Subtitles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the video that you&#8217;d like to edit.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>ADD LANGUAGE<\/strong>\u00a0and select your language.<\/li>\n<li>Under \u201cAudio,\u201d click\u00a0<strong>ADD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>SELECT FILE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose which file to upload. Files must be in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/4603579\" rel=\"noopener\">supported audio-only file format<\/a>\u00a0and roughly the same length as your video.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>PUBLISH<\/strong>\u00a0when you\u2019re ready to upload your audio track.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>DIY Method<\/h3>\n<p>Choosing to create descriptions yourself will take ample time and effort. However, depending on your workflow, this may be a suitable option for your organization.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, you\u2019ll want to create an audio description transcript. The transcript is a text document that includes both<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the descriptions of the visual elements and the captions of the original audio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The audio description transcript will allow blind and low-vision viewers to use their screen readers. Not only will they understand the original spoken audio, but they\u2019ll also be able to get a picture of what\u2019s being visually depicted in the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this option is better than not having audio description at all, it\u2019s best to have the descriptions in the actual video because it improves the viewer experience. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/blindness-is-not-all-or-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blindness isn\u2019t all or nothing<\/a><\/span>. In fact, many blind people still have some vision, even if it may be a small percentage. The transcript wouldn\u2019t allow viewers to watch the video and read it simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, you could use the transcript to record the descriptions for your video! When you have the timecodes of the captions, you\u2019ll know precisely where the natural pauses between the dialogue are located. This will make recording the descriptions a breeze since you know exactly where they should go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you decide to go with just the transcript instead of recording the audio description, we recommend putting it in the description box below the video or linking it to a separate URL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Access Player and the 3Play Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>Since not all YouTube have access to YouTube&#8217;s new audio description feature, 3Play Media&#8217;s Access Player and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/how-to-guides\/audio-description-how-to-guides\/how-to-publish-using-the-audio-description-plugin\/\">Plugin<\/a> remain great options for publishing audio description.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Access Player is 3Play Media\u2019s <\/span><b>new, fully accessible media player <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that integrates with your existing media player of choice to add enhanced accessibility capabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span>Access Player<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows the user to search and interact with a time-synced transcript and listen to an Audio Description track. In addition, it provides SEO benefits, making your content more discoverable \u2013so you can reach and connect with your audience to the fullest extent possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 3Play Plugin is still available as we continue to build out the functionality of the Access Player. If you\u2019re looking for extended audio descriptionx support, the <\/span><b>3Play Plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> integrates with your player and intelligently pauses the source video content until the description is complete before resuming play.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Using the 3Play Plugin<\/h3>\n<p>Once you have a completed Audio Description file from a YouTube video, click on the file you want to publish. Select <strong>Publish <\/strong>from the top right window,\u00a0then <strong>Publish Plugin<\/strong>. The plugin menu will open. Select <strong>Audio Description<\/strong> and any other features you want included in your plugin, and choose YouTube as your video player. You will see a preview on the left side of the menu window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26482 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"3Play Media account system publish with the plugin window\" width=\"438\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-585x301.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-888x457.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-291x150.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-146x75.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/publish-publish-plugin-174x90.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, copy the single line embed code provided, and paste it into the <code>body<\/code>of your HTML.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13243 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code.jpg\" alt=\"embed code URL\" width=\"351\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-585x97.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-453x75.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-656x110.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/plugin_embed_code-174x29.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your video will now appear with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/popular-topics\/audio-description\/\">YouTube audio description<\/a> plugin underneath. You can toggle the audio description on or off and change the volume of the description separately from the volume of your original audio track. Try it out:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/show?ad=1&amp;ad_autoplay=1&amp;ad_default_source_volume_control=1&amp;ad_source_volume_control=0&amp;embed=iframe&amp;height=600px&amp;itx=1&amp;itx_collapse_on_load=0&amp;itx_collapsible=1&amp;itx_downloadable=1&amp;itx_highlight_by_caption_frames=0&amp;itx_keywords=1&amp;itx_light_scroll=0&amp;itx_multi_text_track=0&amp;itx_progress_bar=0&amp;itx_progressive_tracking=0&amp;mf=2615528&amp;p=10219&amp;player_type=youtube&amp;plugin_skin=light&amp;video_id=ce6BFgwazMg&amp;video_target=tpm-plugin-jeooziqu-ce6BFgwazMg&amp;width=500px\" width=\"500px\" height=\"600px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make your YouTube videos accessible! Get started today with audio description:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/audio-description\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AD-cta.jpg\" alt=\"Unlock the power of Audio Description. 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