# Auto Generated Subtitles **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-subtitles/696067 "2021-03-01T21:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cawiebe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cawiebe/32/7657_2.png) [@cawiebe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cawiebe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-subtitles/696067/1 "2021-03-01T21:09:14Z")
Lots of sources now have auto generated subtitles. Sporting events, Youtube, many TV shows now have auto generated subtitles. Subtitles have been an issue for years, this would finally solve it forever. ---
**Author:** ![corcorwhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@corcorwhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/corcorwhite)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-subtitles/696067/2 "2021-11-17T03:53:01Z")
Yes this feature would be great. Especially for old shows that don’t have subtitles on the internet. I’m having to upload a series from my Plex library into YouTube right now to utilize their auto generated captions. ---
**Author:** ![dbeale83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dbeale83](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbeale83)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-subtitles/696067/3 "2021-11-17T08:00:14Z")
This would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-subtitles/696067/4 "2022-10-27T00:20:59Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate There’s another suggestion thread discussing the same topic. While it was created slightly after this one, it gained more votes. Please feel free to re-cast your vote in that thread – my apologies for the inconvenience due to closing this one as a duplicate. > [@Auto-Generated Captions (like on YouTube)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-generated-captions-like-on-youtube/737572): > > I spend a good amount of time trying to find subtitles for my TV and movie libraries. Sometimes I am able to find them on the major subtitles websites, or using the subtitle search feature of Plex. However, for the (majority of) times where I am unsuccessful, it would be great if Plex could take a stab at using speech-recognition software, to auto-generate captions. This feature exists on YouTube, and I find it extremely helpful, even with the inevitable mistakes. Is there any way this could …