Add Descriptive Audio to YouTube in Minutes (Full Transcript)

Step-by-step guide to upload an MP3 audio description track in YouTube Studio and enable it via player settings for more accessible videos.
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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Hey, this is Noah from 3Play Media. I'm going to be showing you a quick tutorial of how to add audio description to your YouTube video. It's very simple to do. You start by going to your Studio Creator dashboard. On the left-hand side, you'll go down to Languages here. You'll then find the video that you want to add the audio description to. So I have an example right here. And then you will click right here, this little pencil icon, Details, and you'll see at the bottom it says Descriptive Audio. You'll click Add, select File, and then you will locate that MP3 file that has the audio description. And then you press Publish, and you'll want to press Update. Now I've found that this will take some time to process. For me, it took around 10 to 15 minutes. So you'll have to be patient for that. But I have a video here that I've already added the descriptive audio to. So you will hit Play. Right now, it's just playing music. This video doesn't have any dialogue. To turn on that descriptive audio, you'll go to Settings, Audio Track. You will default here to English Original, and then you will select English Descriptive. And I'm going to hit Play. You'll hear that audio description track that we added. So that's really all there is to it. Thank you for watching this tutorial. If you're looking to take your audio description to the next level, 3Play Media does offer global audio description in a variety of different languages and combines AI with expert human review to give you the quality that you need at a price that you can't afford. It's an easy way to scale high quality, accessible video for audiences all around the world. You can learn more at 3playmedia.com. Thanks for watching.

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A tutorial explains how to add an audio description track to a YouTube video via YouTube Studio: go to Languages, select a video, edit Details, upload an MP3 under Descriptive Audio, publish/update, wait for processing, then enable the descriptive track during playback via Settings > Audio Track. The speaker also promotes 3Play Media’s multilingual audio description service combining AI and human review.
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How to Add Audio Description to a YouTube Video
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Arow Key Takeaways
  • In YouTube Studio, navigate to Languages to manage alternative audio tracks.
  • Edit a video’s Details and use the Descriptive Audio section to upload an MP3 file.
  • After publishing/updating, processing may take 10–15 minutes before the track is available.
  • Viewers can enable the descriptive track in the player via Settings > Audio Track.
  • 3Play Media offers multilingual audio description using AI plus human review for scalable accessibility.
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Positive: The tone is helpful and instructional, emphasizing simplicity and offering a supportive promotion of a service to scale accessible video.
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