Twitter Announces Automatic Captions for Videos

Twitter Announces Automatic Captions for Videos

Twitter Announces, Automatic Captions , for Videos.

The company made the announcement on Dec.

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The Verge reports that the rollout comes as a major boon for the platform's accessibility.

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The auto caption feature will be available on iOS, Android and on the web in "most languages.".

The only catch is that auto captions will only appear on new videos, meaning old videos still won't have captions.

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The only catch is that auto captions will only appear on new videos, meaning old videos still won't have captions.

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According to a Twitter spokesperson, there is currently no way to report inaccurate captions, but the company is , "always looking at ways to improve our accessibility features.”.

According to a Twitter spokesperson, there is currently no way to report inaccurate captions, but the company is , "always looking at ways to improve our accessibility features.”.

The Verge reports that Twitter's accessibility has often been found to be lacking.

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In 2020, the company rolled out voice tweets without captions and soon revealed that Twitter didn't have a dedicated accessibility team.

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In 2020, the company rolled out voice tweets without captions and soon revealed that Twitter didn't have a dedicated accessibility team.

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Since then, the company has created two accessibility teams: , The Accessibility Center for Excellence and The Experience Accessibility Team.

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Since then, the company has created two accessibility teams: , The Accessibility Center for Excellence and The Experience Accessibility Team.

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Twitter eventually added captions to voice tweets, though it didn't come around until a year after the new feature launched.

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Spaces, Twitter's Clubhouse-like audio room product, has also added live captions.

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According to Twitter, the addition of live captions is just the company's first step in a longer-term roadmap to increase accessibility.