YouTube now with captioning support

We are one step closer to turning online video into a great resource for the hard of hearing or even for non-native speakers to learn languages better. Google just announced support for closed captioning in YouTube videos:

• YouTube Blog Post
• Detailed information on YouTube support

Congratulations, and thank you, YouTube, I personally learnt a lot from captions in TV shows and videos and if that catches on there is nothing from stopping us to crowdsource captioning.

Tags: accessibility, captioning, onlinevideo, youtube

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