Comments on: Apple’s iPad and YouTube’s Automated Captions: #FAIL

By: Samuel Sandoval

Samuel Sandoval — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:17:18 +0000

Hi there,

The Closed Captioning feature in the Video settings is only for videos with the tv show/movie you purchase from the iTunes. This does not work with YouTube application. =[

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:33:10 +0000

Try this app by Dragon, it is called Dragon Dictation. Check this site: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8 Students may need to speak clearly and slowly to the ipad’s record feature, then text will appear. That’ll help for you to communicate with your students.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:04:39 +0000

I have a similar question as Lynn. Is there a good app for speech to text for the deaf? I am an elementary teacher and lost most of my hearing (completely deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other) due to a virus a year ago. I am very much struggling to do my job effectively. No assistive devices have helped as they only amplify sounds which become distorted and unintelligible when turned up to where I can hear. I need to find an accommodation to help me function in my classroom. I thought if the iPad would have a good app that would put into text what my students are saying it would help me tremendously.

By: Antonia Snider

Antonia Snider — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:51:02 +0000

Great Post, thanks for this fine Post. I will come back later _ Great information about ipad : ipad

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:48:42 +0000

Hi Amy – Wondering if the iPad has a speech to text ap? My dad is 90 and recently has lost all hearing. He’s a great lip reader, but it’s just not enough. I’d love to know if you know of any product that has speech to text that seems good to you.
Thanks for any feedback, and please feel free to write to me on my e-mail.
Thanks so much for any help you can give.

By: M44

M44 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:30:48 +0000

I would not buy iPAD if it has no cc. I rather wait till it has been fixed..

By: iPad Forum

iPad Forum — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:25:19 +0000

im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:48:52 +0000

I think Apple needs to hear from deaf customers! See my review here. Apple apps all leave out captions-including the iTunes store. Theres also a Facebook group you can join with instructions on how to complain to Apple. They have increased the number of captioned movies on iTunes to about 250 since people started writing in.

By: Chevy57

Chevy57 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:13:57 +0000

Yeah, I saw iPad at Apple Store yesterday. Standard YouTube and Mobile Youtube are different video platform. Similar as iPhone. Mobile YouTube don’t support CC. We will send comment for H.R 3101 to congress.

By: Iow3an

Iow3an — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:48:24 +0000

Same problem with my iPhone – it doesn’t show the autocaptions in YouTube.