How to Turn on Closed Captions for Any Videos Online

Did you know that you can turn on closed captions for ANY videos online? I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS!!! I've been looking into how to make this happen for YEARS. I don't know how long it's been hiding right inside our browser, but better to figure it out late than never, amiright?

This also works for AUDIO of any kind. Basically, if there's sound coming from your computer, you're set.

ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS I AM?!

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[jillianclemmons]

Thank you! This is soo helpful. There are so many times when I just want to watch a quick video while I'm watching a movie with my husband but I can't understand what's going on without a caption. Appreciate this!

[firefly]

You are such a delight! Thank you for this short and sweet instructions for CC.

[ysakosec]

Thank you, Peggy. You are great! I subscribed imediately.

[savage]

thank you so much for helping me. i was desperately searching for a video like this

[lyssasletters]

Woot! Also, I love that green wall! Yay for accessibility!

[alexandrebenois]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed.

[Bisiedigital]

Wow, I really Love it. I was seeing a Video on Rumble using Chrome. Thank you so much beautiful lady🙏

[NewSpaceParadigm]

Thanks much Peggy! You're the best! 👍🏼🥂🥳

[lrjruns]

OMG thank you so this was really helpful !😭

[mariposavioleta]

Not a Chrome user so still trying to figure this out with my browser but this content made me subscribe.

[reenaraj]

This is great Peggy, how could we download the captions, i mean the text format ?

[wanderingcreativity]

Well said glad this is here we're all here for this :)

[jjstylesrocks]

This is very helpful & easy to find! I'm going to try with Chromium, first. Then get &/or make a translator plug-in. thanks Peggy!😁

[younishammali]

I am sorry it didn't work with me. I got back to the same video and still saying Subtitles/closed captions unavailable

[artlectures]

These aren't closed captions though like youtube generates. CC have to be able to be turned on and off I think which is required for accessibility.

[HSparadoxm]

You're amazing! Thank you for this information!

[soumiaaliliche]

What if the language is not English?!!

[marcellepesek]

Thank you very much! It's so frustrating to find a fascinating foreign language film, yet you can't
speak that particular language, and no cc's are available! I also like to have them on when watching
those films which have them available, just to save my hearing. Too many (esp. young) people
listen to everything SO loudly that it hurts. They expose babies and pets & other people to that
super-high volume. Listen to them speak: they yell, and their hearing is getting damaged younger
and younger. PLEASE, guys, don't to this to yourselves or others! Preserve your hearing!! It's for
your own sake at least, and you'd be very considerate to others, as well. A WIN-WIN Situation!
Best wishes to all! I'm 71 and have very acute hearing. I hope you will heed my advice and keep
the decibels down, too. You'll be happy you did! LOVE YA!

[anomietoponymie]

Does this feature listen to languages other than English as if they were English? What happens when you have a video in a different language? (I listen to as many as 6 languages on YouTube).

[MarcGriffies]

how do I get the blue line showing file, etc as I cannot find the closed caption that appears in a separate window