How to Enable or Disable Twitter Captions in 2024

Twitter continues to evolve and most recent changes in 2024 made it simple for users to enable or disable Twitter Captions for videos. Managing Twitter captions is simple, no matter whether you want a nicer UI or better accessibility. We’ll explain you through the process of turning on or off Twitter captions in 2024 in this guide.

Important Points:

• Professional Captions: Twitter now supports professional captions in videos.
• CC Button: Use the CC button at the top of the embedded player to toggle captions on or off.
• Android Accessibility: On Android, you can enable or disable automatic live captions for videos in the Accessibility menu under Settings.

If you prefer reading captions on Twitter videos instead of listening to audio, there’s good news: Twitter has added a CC button to videos with closed captions. Now you can easily turn this feature on or off as needed.

How to add or remove captions in Twitter videos

Twitter now allows content creators to embed captions in videos. When captions are available, you’ll see a CC button at the top right of video player. Here’s how to use it:

• Adding or Removing Captions:
  • Tap the CC button to toggle captions on or off while playing a video with embedded captions.
• Important Notes:
  • The CC button appears only when the video is embedded on the page. If you make the video full-screen by tapping it, the CC button disappears until you minimize the video.
  • The CC button is visible only in videos that have embedded captions. Videos without embedded captions won’t show CC button.
• Automatic Captions:
  • Some videos may have automatic captions that play when sound is off. You can’t manually toggle this feature on or off.

How to add or remove automatic captions in Twitter for Android

If you’re using Twitter on Android, you can enable an accessibility feature to automatically create captions for videos. Here’s how:

1. Open Settings app on your Android phone.
2. Tap Accessibility.
3. In the Captions section, tap Live Caption.
4. On the Live Caption page, toggle Use Live Caption on or off using button.

This feature automatically generates captions for any audio content including videos in Twitter, based on sound being played.

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Conclusion

It will require just a few simple steps to enable or disable Twitter captions. Twitter gives you option to personalize your viewing experience, whether your goal is to improve accessibility or use an interface without captions. To easily manage your caption settings, simply follow above steps.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Enable or Disable Twitter Captions

Why can’t I turn captions on/off in Twitter app?

At the moment, Twitter does not allow users to edit the captions inside the app. Though options are now restricted, this could change in the future.

Are there captions on all videos?

Twitter video captions depend on several factors:

Video Source: You will immediately see captions if video was uploaded with them embedded.

Automatic Captions: Twitter may automatically provide captions for certain videos, but not all videos have this feature yet.

How can I watch videos with captions?

Desktop: Some video players on desktop version of Twitter may contain a closed caption (CC) option to enable or disable subtitles.

External Site: If subtitles are really important to you, you can try watching video on its original location (like YouTube), where caption choices are probably there.

Are there alternative solutions?

Device Settings: You can explore your device’s accessibility settings for closed captions. This might apply captions to all videos you watch, including those on Twitter. However, it’s a system-wide setting and might not be specific to the Twitter app.

Is there anything else I can do?

Request the Feature: Submit feedback to Twitter requesting the ability to enable or disable captions directly within the app. This might encourage them to add the feature in future updates.