[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!