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How to add automatic captions to your TikTok videos
TIKTOK has finally created an automatic captions feature.
Currently, TikTok creators have to manually add captions to their videos but soon they’ll be able to use a tool which can do this for them.
TikTok is introducing auto captions[/caption]
TikTok has only just announced the automatic captions feature but it may take a while to rollout to everyone.
It will be avaliable in American English and Japanese initally.
The company plans to bring out more language options in the coming months.
TikTok explained on a blogpost: “This feature will initially be available in American English and Japanese, with additional language support in the coming months.
The auto captions icon looks like this[/caption]
“We are working with our community to spread the word and encourage all creators to use auto captions and other features that make content more accessible.”
How to add automatic captions to TikTok videos
TikTok’s automatic captions feature will appear on the editing page once you’ve uploaded or recorded a video.
You’ll just need to click on the auto captions icon and then double check it’s correct.
The automatically transcribed text will display on the video and you’ll be able to edit the captions once they’re generated.
Viewers will also be able to turn the captions off with their own new icon.
You may need to update your app to see the new feature.
TikTok: Brief guide to the world’s most downloaded app
- TikTok lets users create and share short videos with music and camera effects
- The hit app is best known for short dance videos, lip-syncing clips, comedy sketches, and talent footage
- It is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, founded by the entrepreneur Zhang Yiming
- The $200billion conglomerate acquired the Musical.ly app in 2017 and merged it with TikTok, bringing millions of new users
- By February 2019, TikTok and Douyin had been downloaded more than a billion times
- It was the most-downloaded app on the App Store in 2018 and 2019
- Cyber experts have expressed concern over ByteDance’s alleged links to the Chinese government
- The Department of Defense has urged its employees to avoid using the app over national security concerns
- TikTok says it does not and would not share user data with the Chinese government
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