


It is evident that the usual subtitles that these online services find are very useful for this. Well, as we mentioned and thanks to the ease of use that all this presents, many use these platforms to learn other languages. Chrome extensions to translate Netflix or YouTube subtitles To do this, simply access the corresponding URL of the video platform and start enjoying. This is the case, how could it be otherwise, of the most widely used proposal of this type in the world, Google Chrome. At the moment most Internet browsers have support for these services and play their corresponding videos.

Since automatic subtitles can often leave a lot lost in translation and manually uploaded subtitles require a lot of effort from creators, losing community captions could leave many users with less-enjoyable experiences.But something that we must also take into account, which will be very useful, is that at the same time we will be able to access them from the browser. Contributions that have already published will continue to show up on videos. Google also said that community contributions that are currently saved as drafts will remain available until September 28th, and users can still publish them before that date. In addition to the Amara subscription, Google said it’s “obtained special pricing and benefits from additional third party vendors, who can assist with caption, translation and subtitle needs.” People have noted that those in countries like Japan and Korea rely heavily on community-submitted translations. Google said in its statement that its two other captioning options - auto-generated or manually uploaded by the video’s owner - will remain available, and that it’s also offering to “cover the cost of a 6-month subscription of for all creators who have used the Community Contribution feature for at least 3 videos in the last 60 days.”Īlthough Google notes that less than 0.001 percent of channels have published community captions and that they show on less than 0.2 percent of watch time in the last month, users have greeted the news with dismay. Google announced that it will be shutting down the feature on September 28th this year, citing a lack of use and reports of “spam and abuse.” The tool was predominantly used to let anyone contribute translations for video titles or submit descriptions, closed captions or subtitles. YouTube users will have to say goodbye to Community Contributions soon.
