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Every internet video suddenly has text captions? Annoying and distracting. (Original Post) cbabe Monday OP
If you're on a phone or tablet you may have accidentally touched the CC box tanyev Monday #1
The cc is at the top of the video. On/off doesn't change the captions. cbabe Monday #6
Just started for me too. I think live caption got switched on. GPV Monday #2
I agree and the spelling can be atrocious too Shellback Squid Monday #3
Spelling errors so blatant they're not even a matter of spelling anymore. It's the wrong damned words ! eppur_se_muova Monday #5
It's YouTube. Click on the little 'CC' icon to toggle them on / off. nt eppur_se_muova Monday #4
CC on/off but captions remain. cbabe Monday #7
Strange, it works for me. I'm using outdated Firefox on outdated OSX (15.7). eppur_se_muova Monday #8
There seems to be two captions: one in bold that I can turn off. Another is smaller white font that remains. Wonder if cbabe Monday #9
That's very possible. tanyev Monday #10
not cc, it's text as part of video. often dead center over speaking person, can't be deleted. how to get around msongs Monday #11
Thanks. Something new I can do without. Wonder why it was thought a good idea. cbabe Monday #12

tanyev

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1. If you're on a phone or tablet you may have accidentally touched the CC box
Reply to cbabe (Original post)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 10:19 AM
Monday

at the bottom of the video. Play a video and deliberately touch the CC box and see if they go away.

eppur_se_muova

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5. Spelling errors so blatant they're not even a matter of spelling anymore. It's the wrong damned words !
Reply to Shellback Squid (Reply #3)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 10:38 AM
Monday

Apparently, YouTube got the cheapest voice-recognition package it could buy.

eppur_se_muova

(43,041 posts)
8. Strange, it works for me. I'm using outdated Firefox on outdated OSX (15.7).
Reply to cbabe (Reply #7)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 11:23 AM
Monday

What platform are you using ?

It may be just that the controls are implemented differently. The little settings icon (a gear) can also be used to make CC/subtitle choices.

cbabe

(7,085 posts)
9. There seems to be two captions: one in bold that I can turn off. Another is smaller white font that remains. Wonder if
Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #8)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 11:48 AM
Monday

site creator embedded second smaller caption.

msongs

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11. not cc, it's text as part of video. often dead center over speaking person, can't be deleted. how to get around
Reply to cbabe (Original post)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 03:39 PM
Monday

It...I drag the browser windows down to hide text but that eliminates half the video n only works on desktop. Mostly just move on

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