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After 5 years of YouTube, viewers are beginning to be able to have captions for the videos. On March 4, 2010, the video website began using automatic captioning in 50 languages. The idea of this is to allow people with hearing disabilities to enjoy the websites content better than without knowing what is said. There is also the bonus that people can watch videos in different languages, and it will put up captions in a language the user understands. The goal is to let anyone be able to watch videos on YouTube. It is still a work in progress. YouTube uses Google’s speech recognition program, but speech recognition is still in development. Sometimes something different will be shown that what is being said. People who what to upload a video can check the text before they set it as live on the website. This new addition can do more than help people enjoy videos. Teachers can post recorded lectures and add the captions for students in their classes that have problems hearing. To access the closed caption feature, click on the CC button on the bottom right side of the video. It’s next to the other options there. Some videos have it already set up. Others use the speech recognition program that can cause problems. There are still some that do not have an option of closed captioning yet. This is still work in process, but it is making videos more accessible on the internet for the deaf and hearing disabled.

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