# Create a project and transcribe

**Category:** [Video Hub](https://help.totalctrl.app/hc/totalctrl/totalctrl-help-center/en-US/categories/subtitles)
**Updated:** 2026-10-04

## From video to captions

- Open **Subtitles → New Project**.
- Choose a video source: a **Digital Asset** video, an **upload**, or a **URL**.
- Leave **Transcribe automatically** ticked and pick a language, then create.

Transcription runs in the background — the track shows *Transcribing…* and flips to *Ready* when done, with the text already split into time-coded cues. You can also add more language tracks later, or add an empty track and type captions by hand.

You can also start from **Digital Assets**: open a video asset and click **Caption this video**.

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## Related Articles

- [Importing captions over the API](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/videohub-api-import-captions)
- [Create a project and transcribe](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/subtitles-create-transcribe-1)
- [Caption or dub a joined video (do it in this order)](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/videohub-join-then-caption)
- [What is the Subtitles app?](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/subtitles-overview)
- [AI content review](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/subtitles-ai-review-1)

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