Twitter is getting automatic captions for videos. This functionality start rolling out globally for iOS, Android, and the Web, on 15th December 2021. The auto-captions feature currently support 37 languages.
Since translation is not live on Twitter, the captions will show in the language of the device use to upload the clip originally.
Auto captions will appear on videos which are mute on both iOS and Android.
Desktop users can switch them on and off.
Hearing-challenge users can now watch videos on Twitter with auto-captions on, widening access to more users on the platform.
Twitter Support team on 15th December 2021 tweeted about the new update.
Twitter confirm that automatic subtitles for videos will be available for all users on Android, iOS and Web.
Twitter users can see captions appear automatically while watching a mute video on mobile.
And Twitter’s auto-captions are available in more than 30 languages currently, including Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Hindi, Tamil and many more other.
Twitter notes that auto-captions will now show on mute videos on iOS and Android, while you can also tap the CC button on the desktop to view auto-caption text after turning your device’s sound off.
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