I can’t not read them. My eyes read the subtitles against my will, and I miss whatever else is going on on the screen. Sometimes I spoil emotional moments because I read them first and miss the actor’s delivery.
Other times subtitles are necessary, like if we’re watching while the kids are asleep, and we need to keep the volume lower in case there’s an action scene. Plus how else would I know if the music is “upbeat” or “somber” or whatever?
Another reason not to use TikTok. I don’t use it, but I’ve seen clips from it. I’m not sure what the point is of the subtitles when they zip by, a few words at a time, before you can read them (and I’m a pretty fast reader, so that’s saying something.)
To get your attention. I know cause when I find one of these videos the captions feel like a flashing light telling you something important is happening, it’s worse than youtube’s shitty clickbait because is baked into the video so you can try looking away, but it’s so distracting it genuely feels you’re fighting the video by ignoring them.
They are also pointless. One word at a time doesn’t have any benefit over normal captions, it’s just distraction.
They turned an accessibility feature to an inaccessibility one.
I think it’s crossed over from the “attention grabbing” subtitles fashion prevalent in short form video… Subtitles are great as an accessibility feature, and I hope everything can have them, but forcing them on and making them flashy and obnoxious sucks.
I’ve watched something in English, with German subtitles (because Netflix adds them without asking and I was too lazy to turn them off). I can’t not read them, but I can’t not listen and compare as well. Those translations sucked so much, I had to turn them off.
I can’t not read them. My eyes read the subtitles against my will, and I miss whatever else is going on on the screen. Sometimes I spoil emotional moments because I read them first and miss the actor’s delivery.
Other times subtitles are necessary, like if we’re watching while the kids are asleep, and we need to keep the volume lower in case there’s an action scene. Plus how else would I know if the music is “upbeat” or “somber” or whatever?
There seems to be a trend on YouTube where people
hardcorehardcoded subtitles for the whole videoIt’s fucking infuriating
Fucking hardcore subtitles… and theyll be dead center over the video, and auto-transcribed wrong.
I think it helps avoid copyright though
And a moving highlight like it’s goddam karaoke. Absolute nightmare.
Or, even worse, the video shows them one word at a time.
Another reason not to use TikTok. I don’t use it, but I’ve seen clips from it. I’m not sure what the point is of the subtitles when they zip by, a few words at a time, before you can read them (and I’m a pretty fast reader, so that’s saying something.)
To get your attention. I know cause when I find one of these videos the captions feel like a flashing light telling you something important is happening, it’s worse than youtube’s shitty clickbait because is baked into the video so you can try looking away, but it’s so distracting it genuely feels you’re fighting the video by ignoring them.
They are also pointless. One word at a time doesn’t have any benefit over normal captions, it’s just distraction.
They turned an accessibility feature to an inaccessibility one.
And they’re always AI generated and that fucking thing misinterprets EVERYTHING!
the moment when the uploader’s subtitle is worse than the youtube auto subtitles
I think it’s crossed over from the “attention grabbing” subtitles fashion prevalent in short form video… Subtitles are great as an accessibility feature, and I hope everything can have them, but forcing them on and making them flashy and obnoxious sucks.
i am too old to understand “hardcore” as a verb in that sentence. what?
typo’d “hardcoded”
I’ve watched something in English, with German subtitles (because Netflix adds them without asking and I was too lazy to turn them off). I can’t not read them, but I can’t not listen and compare as well. Those translations sucked so much, I had to turn them off.
I’d rather have no subtitles than subtitles in different languages. I hate watching Amélie on streaming because the subs are always in English