Closed captions—which display text in the same language as the original audio—have been crucial for a long time for many people with hearing loss. They’re now a must-have for plenty of people without hearing loss, too, helping them better understand the audio or allowing them to multitask. The innovations—as well as the rising popularity of captions on social media—have helped eliminate some of the stigma associated with hearing loss, advocates say. Live Captions uses machine learning and keeps everything on your device, rather than sending it to Apple’s servers for processing. Apple’s Live Captions feature lets users turn on an auto-generated live transcript.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 17, 2022 18:37 UTC