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Are Captions More Accessible on the Top of the Screen?

An interesting article about the placement of closed captions, which so often is put at the bottom of the screen by default.

The author describes how they were seated in an auditorium, which tall people sat in front of them, making it difficult to read the captions at the bottom of the screen (“I lean to the left. I lean to the right”).

On Zoom, the captions window can be moved anywhere on the screen by dragging it. It’s also possible to reposition the captions on YouTube videos.

No solid conclusions here, unfortunately, but some more interesting experiences in the comments, e.g. captions covering the name of the speaker in news bulletins.

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