Turn captions on in a video app

Read what is being said when the sound will not carry it.

Video apps print the spoken words along the bottom when you turn captions on. The button is marked CC.

Where nobody typed them out, a computer writes them by listening, so a name here and there comes out wrong.

Key points

What to remember

Try this

Play any video on your phone and look for CC on the picture. Turn it on.

Practice: Turn captions on in a video app. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.

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