In the last decade, captions have become an important part of our social media experience. For example, picture this… You’re unwinding in a nearby cafe, scrolling through your daily TikTok videos and memes. However, the noise is deafening, making it impossible to watch videos that rely on sound. I am guessing this rings a bell or triggers an experience you’ve had in the past\u2013 or something similar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news is that users can quickly and easily generate TikTok video captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TikTok has a feature that generates auto-captions for you when watching videos, which is generally useful if you have a hearing defect or prefer to read rather than listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, this article will show you how to enable TikTok auto-captions and all you need to know about this function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TikTok auto-captions are subtitles that are made automatically and shown on a video so that a user can read the transcript of what is being said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Auto captions make your videos more accessible and inclusive by letting people read or listen to the content. This is helpful not only for people who have difficulty hearing or are deaf but also for people who watch videos without the sound on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creators can turn on this feature while making content and can even change the captions to make sure they are correct before publishing. Viewers can also choose to turn on or off the subtitles. Let’s talk about how to set this up for both situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether you’re making or watching videos on TikTok, it’s pretty easy to turn on captions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The auto caption feature on TikTok makes it easy for creators and social media managers who are busy to add and change subtitles while making content. This is how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps to start putting captions on videos from other users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you don’t want captions to show up when you watch TikToks anymore, it’s just as easy to turn them off as it is to turn them on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps to get going:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you make videos and want people to be able to watch them with the captions on, it’s pretty easy to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You’re essentially stuck with what you get, which is typically white lettering on a slightly darker rectangle, since you can’t style your captions. Using the Text feature, which is located at the bottom of the edit screen, you can manually create captions in a variety of colors, sizes, and typefaces if you want to get fancy with your captions. To do this, simply disable the auto caption feature (using the same Caption icon as before).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that you know how to manage auto-captions right away while looking through the TikTok feed, let’s talk about how to turn them on in the app’s settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps if you turned off the setting or didn’t get the message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note that, unlike when TikTok first started offering this feature, you can now watch videos with automatic captions even if the person who made the video didn’t choose to include them when they posted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Auto-captions might not work well if they are wrong or if they always cover up parts of the videos you are streaming. This could make you want to turn off the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a way to turn off captions that are made automatically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On TikTok, auto-generated captions are subtitles that are made from the sound and shown on your video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TikTok’s auto-caption feature can be turned on by going to Settings and Privacy and tapping the Accessibility tab. Turn on the Always Show captions that were made automatically switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the average scroller, auto-captions on TikTok might not seem like a big deal, but for some, it might be the best thing a video app has ever added. This feature might be perfect for you if you like to have subtitles on for everything or if you can’t hear well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using what you’ve learned in this blog post, decide if you want captions when you’re scrolling through TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n