YouTube doubles down on accessibility with these caption and audio features

guest · Oct 10, 2021

YouTube doubles down on accessibility with these caption and audio features
...to make the platform "more inclusive and accessible."
October 10, 2021
https://www.androidcentral.com/youtube-accessibility-features-live-auto-caption-and-audio

What you need to know

YouTube has announced a bunch of new caption and audio capabilities meant to improve its accessibility.

The platform's live auto captions feature is now live for all creators.

A slate of upcoming audio and caption features are also set for launch later this year.

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YouTube has lifted previous limitations to its accessibility features for live streams with new improvements for its caption and audio capabilities, along with more features meant to make content more accessible to all types of viewers.
The most recent change should make live streams more accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

YouTube will also roll out descriptive audio for users with vision impairments in the coming quarters. As the name suggests, the upcoming capability will assist people with low vision by providing a verbal narration of an event occurring in the video.
This particular capability comes in handy for global users as it supports multiple languages.
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YouTube is also expanding support for automatic caption translation to mobile devices. The feature is currently only available on desktops, but the Google-owned service intends to bring it to smartphones later this year [...]

The service also plans to test allowing you to search through video transcripts on mobile later this year.
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