iOS and Android users will now be able to use Twitter’s captioning toggle.
The microblogging site recently announcement that a button to toggle its video player subtitles is now available for everyone on iOS and Android.
The button, which appears in the upper right corner of the video if subtitles are available, lets you choose whether you want to see written descriptions.
Last April, Twitter confirmed that it had started testing a “CC” button to provide text captions on every video posted on the platform, but it was only available to a limited number of users. ‘iPhone.
“The choice is now yours: the subtitle toggle is now available for everyone on iOS and Android! Press the ‘CC’ button on videos with available captions to toggle captions on/off,” the Twitter handle reads.
Twitter spokesperson Shaokyi Amdo said the button “will only appear on videos with captions already available, and is not related to the automated captioning system.”
Videos with CC have become more accessible to everyone in many ways, for example, they allow deaf people to understand most of the videos uploaded. YouTube also provides subtitles.
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