Twitter announced this week that it is introducing some new features to users. Notably, the social media giant is rolling out a closed caption toggle feature for all users on iOS and Android. Twitter started testing the switch in April and is now offering it to all users on mobile devices. A CC button will appear in the upper-right corner of the video with subtitles available. You can then tap the switch to enable or disable subtitles.
The official launch comes as the company released auto-generated captions on videos last December to make videos more accessible for deaf and hard of hearing users. Automatic translation is available on the web, iOS and Android in more than 30 languages including English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Thai, Chinese, Hindi, and more.
Twitter has also announced that it wants to make it easier for users to launch Space, and is in the process of launching two trials on iOS. The first experience will allow iOS users to unlock Space from the tweet author. To do this, you can click on the Spaces icon in the Tweet author to start a new space. The second trial will allow iOS users to start a space in the retweet list. When you start an area of the retweet list, it bypasses the usual setting and starts right away. The tweet will automatically be pinned to the top of the space.
In addition, Twitter also announced that it is testing a new way for presenters and speakers to share tweets in a space via a retweet list.
These new features aren’t the only ones Twitter announced this week, as Twitter began testing Notes, a way to write and post long-form content on the social media platform. A small group of writers in the US, Canada, Ghana and the UK can now access Notes as part of the initial testing phase.
Twitter says that notes on and off Twitter can be read by people in most countries. Users who are part of the testing phase will be able to access a new “Write” tab, where they will be able to write and access all of their notes. These users will also have a new Notes tab on their profile containing their published work to make it easier for followers to find their long-form content.
Source – techcrunch.com
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