I often find myself in situations where I’d like to watch, re-watch, or preview a YouTube video, but for various reasons, turning up the sound volume or using headphones is not possible or appropriate. Subtitles make watching videos possible almost anytime and anywhere.
YouTube auto-generates subtitles for all videos and lets viewers access them with a single click. Just click or tap the CC button at the bottom of a YouTube video to turn on subtitles.
YouTube notes that “automatic captions are generated by machine learning algorithms, so the quality of the captions may vary.”
If a content creator has taken the time to do so, you may find that the subtitles have been enhanced by professional captions. Professional captions typically add features such as the name of the speaker, punctuation, and other text-based audio descriptions.
I have found subtitles so helpful that I changed my YouTube settings to keep them turned on all the time as my "default." Click or tap the Settings “gear” tool at the bottom of a video:
Select Subtitles/CC, and select Settings linked at the bottom of the menu to change YouTube’s settings.
Change YouTube's settings:
This setting can easily be reversed by clicking the CC icon to turn off the subtitles.
Reference
YouTube. (2023). Use automatic captioning. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6373554?hl=en
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