The post goes on to conclude with YouTube confirming that a channel permissions tool for subtitles, which would allow a trusted individual external to the channel the ability to add captions to videos, is “taking longer than expected”. Multiple audio tracks were first reported back in September, when a story trailer for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was released with audio description. The forum post went on to reveal several updates to captions on mobile devices, with auto-translations for captions soon set to roll out on iOS and Android in supported languages, and the ability to search caption transcripts also in the works.īoth features are due to be made available “later this year”.Įlsewhere, YouTube confirmed that its audio tracks tool – which provides “multi-language audio” for international viewers and audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired audiences – is being tested with “a small group of creators”, with plans to roll it out more widely “in the coming quarters”.

“Improving accessibility is a top priority for YouTube, and we hope these updates will help creators reach a wider audience.” “Today we are announcing a few updates to captions and audio features on YouTube that will be available in the coming months,” the post reads.

YouTube confirmed the extension of the tool, which relies on automatic speech recognition to generate a transcript of a live video, in a community forum post on Thursday, where other accessibility features were unveiled.

The feature, available to all creators from Thursday, was previously reserved for channels with more than 1,000 subscribers.Īll YouTube livestreams in English will now be available with automatic captions, the video sharing platform has announced, with plans to extend the setting to other languages “in the coming months”.

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