<![CDATA[the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible.]]>the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. swear words being blanked out is not neutral accessibility for Deaf people like me. if the person in the video is swearing, we need to have that information conveyed to us, not [_____]. we are Deaf, not children. but no one wants to talk about this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f8859b07-ddcc-4dff-86f4-ac5fe705221b/the-automatic-subtitles-on-youtube-are-not-properly-accessible.RSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 17:51:12 GMTThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:36:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:46:04 GMT]]>@DrHyde @RustyRing @love And let's not forget the searchable automatic transcripts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lidsel/statuses/117405356137229229https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lidsel/statuses/117405356137229229Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:46:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:05:44 GMT]]>@rogue_cells @love Let alone having tits.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/117405197553353855https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/117405197553353855Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:47:03 GMT]]>@love Moreover, the automatic subtitles have gone worse and worse, no matter the language 😑 I used to use them when there's noise around and I use them less and less due to it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/letiuchiha/statuses/117405124097863358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/letiuchiha/statuses/117405124097863358Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:47:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:11:13 GMT]]>@RustyRing @love I have faulty ears and can say with absolute certainty that you are wrong. They're far from perfect, but they are useful.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/DrHyde/statuses/117404983205840997https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/DrHyde/statuses/117404983205840997Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:11:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:36:39 GMT]]>@love This seems like a violation of the American's with Disability Act, but Idk.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/JizzelEtBass/statuses/117404847285920827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/JizzelEtBass/statuses/117404847285920827Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:36:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:26:21 GMT]]>@love this is so fucking annoying

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/117404806800730500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/117404806800730500Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:26:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:21 GMT]]>@sortius @love Completely unacceptable & all disabled should join to stop this - the blind are also being withheld/hidden from alt text/automatic image recognition when the image is perceived as too sensitive - too much skin you know!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dalereardon/statuses/117404704546936797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dalereardon/statuses/117404704546936797Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:42:24 GMT]]>@maidservantofnanaya@translunar.academy @love@social.lol it’s really annoying they got rid of that

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/1d7dbdde-bda4-4285-be15-c0623b34a799https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/1d7dbdde-bda4-4285-be15-c0623b34a799Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:42:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:37:56 GMT]]>@love i want to have this conversation, but broader about algo speak and cursing/slur censorship in general. auto translation censoring this is just the peak of the shitberg.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.absturztau.be/objects/692fafff-9605-41ab-b5da-27b14d902d57https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.absturztau.be/objects/692fafff-9605-41ab-b5da-27b14d902d57Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:37:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:25:04 GMT]]>@love I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS OMG!! And like, the one-word-at-a-time popping up is pretty difficult to read. I'm not deaf but I like subtitles to be able to understand people easier.

I miss when YouTube had community captions]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.translunar.academy/objects/396ed0b2-36c5-4b22-b06e-dde4122c2f96https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.translunar.academy/objects/396ed0b2-36c5-4b22-b06e-dde4122c2f96Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:25:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:07:00 GMT]]>@hayley @love @winter i wonder what would have happened if youtube had just said no, quoting the bbc subtitle guidelines as a trusted third-party source https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/forproducts/guides/subtitles/]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/d72968de-7c1c-4c68-8398-d5ded35ff05ehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/d72968de-7c1c-4c68-8398-d5ded35ff05eThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:07:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:59:16 GMT]]>@silverface@cyberpunk.lol @love@social.lol It's actually under Channel -> Advanced Setting. I turned it off now. I swear a lot in my videos.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://minidisc.tokyo/notes/as2vd23v33https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://minidisc.tokyo/notes/as2vd23v33Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:53:38 GMT]]>@love@social.lol youtube has incredible tools for finding whether a video has copyrighted content, but they can't even use OCR to create a list of words for the subtitle generation to use as reference, so it constantly gets stuff wrong as well ​​

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/as2t0o3fnh5x012phttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/as2t0o3fnh5x012pThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:53:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:50:50 GMT]]>@love @winter the captions used to transcribe swearing verbatim, I saw this change and apparently it was in 2020 for advertiser-friendliness]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.applied-langua.ge/objects/cc848be1-990b-4a6b-8316-f7eef2c036echttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.applied-langua.ge/objects/cc848be1-990b-4a6b-8316-f7eef2c036ecThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:50:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:52:02 GMT]]>@love yes!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/incessant/statuses/117403964017342470https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/incessant/statuses/117403964017342470Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:52:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:42:01 GMT]]>@love also they put subtitles behind subscribe buttons and ads.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/maeve_bkk/statuses/117403924642749289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/maeve_bkk/statuses/117403924642749289Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:42:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:40:43 GMT]]>@love THIS!!
My partner and I have auditory processing disorders and need subtitles. The fucking [__] bullshit just means I can’t understand what they’re saying!!

Nevermind when it’s wrong and that wasn’t profanity at all!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Supuhstar/statuses/117403919545116140https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Supuhstar/statuses/117403919545116140Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:35:57 GMT]]>@charlotte @love
I would understand if it's super technical words that it chokes on. but it's everything.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/4657f112-ad34-4c8b-9da6-d37adc8caac9https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/4657f112-ad34-4c8b-9da6-d37adc8caac9Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:35:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:35:12 GMT]]>@love it bothers me to see accessibility get treated as an afterthought even though im not in need.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/758d604d-2900-41a7-8044-f6ff3dba49efhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://outerheaven.club/objects/758d604d-2900-41a7-8044-f6ff3dba49efThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:35:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:33:02 GMT]]>@love thank you. It's also stupid as fuck without accessibility in mind, as it spins ambiguity around exactly the words where it might be the least favorable. Stupid ad-induced censorship 🤮

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/117403889336961539https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJGummikuh/statuses/117403889336961539Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:33:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:33:02 GMT]]>@love

The audience being children is not a valid reason to censor swear words either!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.teckids.org/users/nik/statuses/117403889350035456https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.teckids.org/users/nik/statuses/117403889350035456Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:33:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:31:03 GMT]]>@love yeah it always bothers me this is like rule number one about subtitling shit, you subtitle it exactly as it is

you dont correct grammar, you dont censor words you dont like, it is your job to just transcribe what you hear into text

bugs me so much when people take different approaches

-carrie

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/as2q2gjrm3odgwzrhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snug.moe/notes/as2q2gjrm3odgwzrThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:31:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:30:50 GMT]]>@love they are also starting to rephrase what is being said, so not only are entire words missing they don’t even match what the youtuber is saying

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://akko.chir.rs/objects/60747cc9-6952-430d-a0d8-cb5c22ff304fhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://akko.chir.rs/objects/60747cc9-6952-430d-a0d8-cb5c22ff304fThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the automatic subtitles on YouTube are not properly accessible. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:17:05 GMT]]>@love This has also bothered me in work. I teach independence and employability skills to groups of students eith sever to mild learning difficulties and many have sensory impairments. Due to their difficulties, they have often been infantalised at school so it frustrates me when swearing, which is appropriate to the content and for their ages, is missed on the captions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116098516682102566/statuses/117403826630480330https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116098516682102566/statuses/117403826630480330Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:17:05 GMT