Last updated: August 9, 2022
Platforms On This Page
Content Type | Captioning File Support | Auto/Machine Captioning | Live Human Captioning | Live Machine Captioning | Alt Text | Text-to-Speech | Contextual Links |
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Posts |
Supports
(desktop only; .srt files only) |
Supports (mobile only) | N/A | N/A | Supports (avoid reliance on automatic recognition) |
Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Stories | Not Supported | Supports (mobile only) | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Supports | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Reels | Not Supported | Supports (mobile only) | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Live | N/A | N/A | Supports | Supports (viewer must have enabled in settings) |
N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
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Posts | (video posts are now shared as Reels (Instagram)) | (video posts are now shared as Reels (Instagram)) | N/A | N/A | Supports (avoid reliance on automatic recognition) |
Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Stories | Not Supported | Supports (mobile only) | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Reels | Not Supported | Supports (mobile only) | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Supports | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Live | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported | N/A | N/A | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
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Posts | Supports
(.srt files only) |
Not Supported | N/A | N/A | Supports | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Live | N/A | N/A | Supports | Supports | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
TikTok |
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Posts | Not Supported | Supports (owner must enable) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | Supports | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Live | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
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Posts | Supports
(.srt files only) |
Not Supported | N/A | N/A | Supports | Not Supported | Supports (keep auto-generated preview button when posting) |
YouTube |
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Video Uploads | Supports | Supports
(can edit after generated) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Shorts | Not Supported | Supports (on by default; user must enable) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |
Live | N/A | N/A | Supports (must use a captioning vendor who explicitly supports) |
Supports | N/A | Not Supported | Not Supported (use link shortener) |