You can enable and use these handy features on the YouTube website and in the YouTube mobile app. Plus, if you use the YouTube site, you can customize the appearance of captions.

Captions and Translations on the YouTube Site

To turn on and customize the captions for YouTube, first open YouTube and sign in. Then click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen. On the left side of this line, you’ll see a list of options. The first option is “Captions.” This will open a new window with all of your captions settings. You can change them here, or keep them defaults if you’re not interested in changing them. The second option is “Auto-Translate.” This will turn on Auto-Translate for all videos on your account. If you have any other videos that are not using Auto-Translate, you’ll need to uncheck this box to keep those videos without auto-translating. The last option is “Customize.” This will open a new window with more detailed information about how Auto-Translate works and how to customize it for your own videos. You can change everything here, or just some specific settings.

Enable Captions on the Web

To watch a video with closed captions, select the Closed Caption (CC) icon at the bottom of the video.

If you see a red line beneath the video’s icon, live captions are enabled. To disable them, click on theicon again.

To disable closed captions, select the Closed Caption icon. This removes the red line from beneath and the caption window should vanish from the video.

Customize Closed Captions

YouTube gives you several ways to customize the appearance of closed captions. This allows you to pick colors and adjust the opacity to fit your preference or the video at the time. ..

Font family: Choose from a serif, casual, cursive, or small capital letter font. Font color: Pick from basic colors like white, red, or blue, or a brighter one like cyan or magenta. Font size: Adjust the font size from 50 to 400 percent. Background color: Pick from the same colors as the font options for the background. This is the area directly behind the words in the caption. Background opacity: Adjust the opacity for the background from zero to 100 percent. Window color: Like the background, you can change the window color, which is the entire caption area. Pick from the same color options as the font and background. Window opacity: Adjust the opacity for the caption window from zero to 100 percent. Character edge style: Choose a style like shadow, raised, depressed, or outline for the font edges. Font opacity: Adjustthe opacity forthefont from 25 to 100 percent. Reset: Revert all appearance settings tothe defaults

Please make any updates to the captions immediately so that I can revert or choose a different option if needed.

Enable Auto-Translate on the Web

The closed captions feature lets you turn on the video translation feature and pick the language.

To change the language on your computer, go to the Settings menu and select Language. You can then use the arrow on the top left of the pop-up window to go back or the gear icon to close the settings. ..

Captions and Translations in the YouTube App

You can enable auto-captions and translations just as easily in the YouTube mobile app on Android and iPhone.

Enable Captions in the Mobile App

When the playback starts, select the Closed Caption (CC) on the top right. This icon displays in both portrait and landscape mode.

You can see the closed captions icon highlighted in white and a brief message at the bottom of the screen if you have turned on closed captions. ..

To turn off the YouTube captions, select the Closed Caption icon again. This returns the icon to its original state, and you’ll see a short message that you’ve turned off the captions.

Enable Auto-Translate in the Mobile App

With the YouTube Auto-Translate feature, you can easily translate text into multiple languages.

If you have subtitles/closed captions enabled on your device, you’ll see a message letting you know. This setting is also displayed when you tap the gear icon and shows the language you selected, such as English, Spanish, or Portuguese. ..

You can enjoy the video with closed caption translations in either portrait or landscape view.

Helpful, Handy YouTube Features

If you want to watch videos without disturbing others, enable captions on YouTube.

You can now use the YouTube Auto-Translate feature to watch videos in a foreign language without having to skip them. ..

When you watch a YouTube video, be sure to keep these helpful and handy features in mind:

  • Make sure the video is easy to follow with clear instructions.
  • Make sure the video is up to date with new updates.
  • Keep an eye on the time limit for the video.

Google Translate is a great tool for translating text into other languages. You can use it to translate between English and Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and more. You can also use it to translate between different languages on the web.