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  • [Herb, YouTuber] This video demonstrates closed captions.

  • To turn on captions, click on the icon over here.

  • [Greg, Deaf Singer] Back when the Internet was first established, deaf people had a great time with it.

  • Everything was readable. Then ...

  • [Ken, Deaf Listener] Movies started showing up. We couldn't understand them...

  • there were no captions!

  • Fortunately, Google Video added support for captions.

  • Thank you, Ken!

  • Now, we've added that to YouTube.

  • But the first thing he did with that was RickRoll me!

  • Never gonna give you up, ♪ ♪ never gonna let you down...

  • [Franck, Icone de Mode] Captions and subtitles are also helpful

  • for people who speak other languages, like myself.

  • With subtitles, I can enjoy US Comedy, or news stories from Russia,

  • in my own language.

  • As a video uploader, this means you can reach to people all over the world,

  • irrespective of language.

  • [Hiroto, Bedhead] You can upload multiple tracks like English and French,

  • and viewers can choose the track they like.

  • [Toliver, Japanese Learner] For example, if you enjoy using YouTube in French,

  • French captions will automatically appear.

  • With just a single video,

  • you can now reach people all around the globe!

  • The captioning capability at YouTube was just launched this summer,

  • and we're planning to add more features to this.

  • If you have any feedback, please let us know!

[Herb, YouTuber] This video demonstrates closed captions.

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