Friday, September 5, 2014

Facebook Video Player Now Supports Captions!

What a surprise! After many requests to Facebook to add captioning support to their videos, we find out that they've added it! Seems in the last few days, it was put in place and a help file written to explain how to use it. Fortunately, it uses the easy-to-use .srt (SubRip) format.

Here's the help file:

https://www.facebook.com/help/www/261764017354370

Another way to get there:

Facebook Help > Get Started on Facebook > Accessibility for People with Disabilities.

On the Accessibility for People with Disabilities page, scroll down to Photo and Video Accessibility, then select "How do I add captions to my video?"

Join Caption Action 2

Join Caption Action 2 on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/groups/captionaction2

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  1. What a surprise! After many requests to Facebook to add captioning support to their videos, we find out that they've added it! Seems in the last few days, it was put in place and a help file written to explain how to use it. Fortunately, it uses the easy-to-use .srt (SubRip) formafacebook

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  2. Question, does this work on mobile devices too?

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    1. Yes, it should work. Just look in the little "gear" and if there are captions, the "captioning" will be highlighted.

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