7.4. Provide a way of displaying the closed captions and make them readable

You must provide a way of displaying and hiding the closed captions for each video.

Whenever closed captions are displayed, the contrast between the text and the video in the background must be sufficient.

Tip

To ensure that closed captions are readable whatever the situation, consider, for example, adding a black background behind white closed captions or a dark outline around light text.

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The “CC” button is used for activating the closed captions.
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Closed captions with a white type and black outline, for example, ensure that text is readable in all contexts.

Note

YouTube’s automatic subtitles provide a good basis for subtitles, but they lack relevance and are displayed in a rush, making them difficult to read. You’ll need to edit them by hand to make sure they display the right information.

YouTube’s automatic subtitles have replaced the words “insanely” with “in sanely”, making the information more difficult to understand.

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08 October 2025
Addition of an example of YouTube’s automatic subtitles.

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