TikTok Adds Auto-Generated Captions for Viewers, Several Translation Options

Captions debuted on the platform in April 2021

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TikTok introduced auto-captions in April 2021 in order to help members of its community who are deaf or hard of hearing better enjoy videos on its platform and gain more context on those videos, and Thursday, the video creation platform rolled out more tools along those lines.

Auto-generated captions were updated so that viewers now have the option to turn on closed captions for videos, rather than only giving creators that option.



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And translations were added for captions, text stickers and video descriptions so that users can enjoy content on the platform that is not in their native language.


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