Learn how to add closed captions to video calls, Netflix, and more

Friday, August 28, 2020 - 11:30 in Mathematics & Economics

It's a complete brain workout—you listen and read at the same time. (Bruno Gomiero / Unsplash/)People keep finding more uses for closed captions. They’re good for making content more inclusive and watching films in foreign languages, but they also allow you to enjoy videos and video calls in quiet environments, skim through clips more quickly, and even focus more on what you’re watching.With more users requiring subtitles, the technology behind them is constantly getting better. Google Duo, for example, is the latest app to test automatic closed captions, putting text on recorded video calls via the same artificial intelligence that powers the Google Assistant and the voice typing feature on Google Docs.Whatever phone you use, whichever apps are your favorites, you probably already have access to closed captioning—whether thanks to content creators or AI. It’s just a matter of knowing how to activate them.On video streaming appsJust about every video...

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