Using Jimaku

Jimaku adds subtitles in your language to YouTube videos. In the player, press the subtitles button with the sparkle.

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The subtitles button

Press it to open Jimaku’s menu.

Alt+Jturns subtitles on and off.

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Languages

Press a language to show its subtitles. Press it again to hide them.

Your preferred language comes first. Set it in the popup, under Default settings.

Other languages lists the rest of the 60.

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Subtitle mode

StandardFREEFROM YOUTUBE’S CAPTIONS

Generates translated subtitles from YouTube’s own captions. Only works when the video has captions.

PremiumCONSUMES PREMIUM MINUTESFROM THE AUDIO

Uses the video’s audio to generate subtitles. Best for speech recorded outdoors or with background noise.

One minute per minute of video.

Change the mode with the Premium switch at the top of the player menu, or in the popup.

Premium asks before it spends minutes.

marks Premium. Once a video has a Premium transcript, its other languages are free.

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Original caption

Shows the video’s own language above the translation. With no language chosen, it shows on its own.

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Settings

Size
Translation and Original, each in %.
Background
How dark the ground behind the captions is.
Timing
Shows this video’s captions earlier or later, in seconds.
Position
Drag the captions by their grip. Reset puts them back.
Reset all
Returns the sizes, background, position and this video’s timing to their defaults.
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Premium minutes

€1 buys 60 minutes. Minutes never expire.

Sign in with Google to claim or buy minutes. Your minutes are kept on this Google account.

Premium minutes
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Messages

This video has no YouTube captions to translate.
Standard needs YouTube’s captions. Turn on Premium.
Free translation used up today. Try again later.
Try again tomorrow, or turn on Premium.
Jimaku can't access this video
Private, members-only and age-restricted videos can’t be subtitled.
Longer than your 12 minutes left
Buy minutes, or switch to Standard.

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