# Automatic captioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-captioning/223940 "2018-02-02T11:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rubjo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rubjo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rubjo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-captioning/223940/1 "2018-02-02T11:04:03Z")
Feature request: Automatically generate subtitles for video files based on audio track. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatic-captioning/223940/2 "2021-08-19T20:44:46Z")
2021 clean-up: 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 …