Youtube continuous to introduce new features to stay ahead in the constant race to maintain its position. Automatic caption and audio feature to help creators increase subscription base.
YouTube is continuously trying to improve its features to stand out in the crowd. YouTube has evolved and metamorphosed during the 15 years since its introduction.
2021 is a year of platform updates and improvisation as there the users can see new features introduced to YouTube throughout the year.
What is an automatic captioning feature?
It is introducing a new automatic captioning feature to facilitate many channels to add captions to them.
Along with it, it has planned to launch sound options. Some of the features are available to the users, and meanwhile, some will be available in the coming months.Â
Previously, those channels having more than 1000 subscribers only got the automatic caption creation feature, and there were some restrictions to use that feature.
But now, any YouTuber doing live-streaming in their channel with less than 1000 subscribers can also access this feature. This feature will help reach the video clip to a large number of viewers.
This audio feature is available in the YouTube studio and then go to stream settings to enable this feature.
Making automatic caption option is available in English only at present. Within some time, YouTube plans to introduce this feature in other 13 languages, including Dutch, French, German, etc.
These features enable quick YouTubers to connect with many users, ultimately increasing the video’s reach to a wide range of users.Â
Till recently, Channels would translate the tracks to any language when the user tries to access them on desktop.
But now, it has enabled users to read translations on their mobile too. Searchable transcripts are another feature available now, and the users can find the transcript of the content in their native language.
Another attractive feature of YouTube is to enable the users to use keywords to search from the transcript is available in Android and iOS users.
YouTube updates board has the following update for its users:
YouTube has researched within a small group the ability to add many language audios to videos to enable users from all parts of the world to understand and enjoy the video.
Now they have descriptive audios available for visually impaired users, and these features will be available to users on a broader range shortly.Â
YouTube plans to introduce new channel permission where the video creator can assign someone else to create captions and subtitles.
In the recent past, YouTube informed the users that they would introduce this feature under Subtitle editor, and the delay in the introduction is due to the time it takes to create this feature.
In the community blog post, YouTube also added that the main aim of introducing new features is to help creators get more viewers and, in turn, allow them to grow the subscribers.
YouTube started working on captions in 2010, and it is available now on the live stream during 2018. Tik-Tok has a caption feature, and Instagram also has this feature for stories.Â
Other new feature additions are member milestone chats, discussion tab removal, YouTube designed for kids.
Through member milestone chats, the YouTube channel members can send a highlighted message to inform the channel owners for how long they had been members of that channel.
Anyone who is a member for attests two months can send a message while the video is streaming.Â
Since September, YouTube has introduced a much-restricted school version of YouTube for school children.
Once your school administrator marks you as a student under 18 and denies access to some videos and live message options to them.Â
YouTube has also started a media literacy campaign that will be displayed as 15 seconds video that viewers can skip at their discretion. The feature will enable the viewers to think and evaluate information on the videos.
