Vimeo Captions

Both captions and subtitles allow your videos to reach a wider audience. Subtitles provide viewers with a video’s dialogue in written form. They are designed for viewers who do not understand the language being spoken in the video. Captions include subtitles plus a written description of what is occurring in a video. They are designed for viewers who are unable to hear or who have difficulty hearing the audio in a video. 

In this article, learn how to:

• Turn on captions or subtitles while viewing a video
• Add captions or subtitles to your video
• Customize caption appearance
• Configure default availability of automatic closed captions on new uploads
• Enable and disable automatic closed captions on individual videos
• View a video's transcript
• Locate the video by keyword search
• Edit a video’s transcript

To learn how to troubleshoot issues with captions or subtitles, visit Troubleshoot caption or subtitle-related issues.