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Amazon adds closed captions to select Instant streams

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Amazon adds closed captions to select Instant streams

Amazon is finally catching up to the rest of the streaming industry and adding closed captions to some of its Instant Video selections. For the moment the library of CCed content is pretty slim, with only 169 shows and 74 movies, but we'd expect that to grow pretty quickly. That does put the burgeoning media giant quite a bit behind competitors like Hulu and Netflix, who have been catering to the hearing impaired for some time. For now, captions are only available when streaming from Amazon's website, but the company promises to expand support to "additional devices" soon. For more info check out the Amazon help page at the source and the email notice forwarded to us by a tipster after the break.

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Amazon adds closed captions to select Instant streams originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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YouTube gains translated caption support, tears down another language barrier

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YouTube gains subtitle support, foreign film festivals beware

Aside from being powered by memes, likes and tweets, today's internet is strongly fueled by viral videos. King of the latter, YouTube has added yet another trendsetting feature to its repertoire. The Google owned video sharing service now gives its content producers the ability to add subtitles to their videos in over 300 languages. Leaning on Google Translate's software, this new feature gives YouTubers the option to add or request translated captions for their videos anytime during the content's lifespan. So, whether you're a casual vlogger, or an aspiring director hoping to have your recent short reach a broader audience, you now have to opportunity to snag some views on a global scale. Just be sure to remember us little people when those awards for best foreign film start rolling in.

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YouTube gains translated caption support, tears down another language barrier originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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