# Set the language

Cliphi figures out the spoken language for you. Here is how to set it yourself if you would rather choose.

Cliphi reads the words in your video to make the captions, and it figures out the
spoken language on its own. Most of the time you do not have to think about it.
When you want to choose the language yourself, here is where.

## Where to set it

Right after you paste a link, on the step where you pick how much of the video to
use, there is a **language** menu. Open it to choose.

![The footage step, where the language menu lives.](/help/make-your-first-clips/02-choose-footage.png)

## Pick a language

The menu is set to **Auto-detect** to start, which lets Cliphi work out the language
for you. Once it reads the video it usually fills in the language it heard. To set it
yourself, open the menu and pick one from the list.

- If Cliphi already spotted the spoken language, it is marked **detected**.
- A video that was dubbed into other languages shows a small speaker icon next to
  the ones with real spoken audio.

If you are not sure, leave it on Auto-detect. Cliphi is good at getting it right.

## What's next

- Make your clips: [Make your first clips](/help/make-your-first-clips).
- Which videos work: [What you can clip](/help/what-you-can-clip).