One of the greatest ways of interacting with your Instagram followers is through Instagram Stories. You can share what’s on your mind through enlightening and entertaining videos. Even more so, it is a visually inclusive way of interacting with deaf followers are deaf. We’re aware of the YouTube closed captioning feature, but how can you incorporate closed captioning in your Instagram stories for your deaf followers to fully benefit from what you are sharing?
Social Media platforms are still very much behind on providing closed captioning access easily; so as we await their upgrades, we can certainly make the effort to move forward with the process. Most Instagrammers are unaware of this addition since it is not an automatic option included in the app. This article compiles a couple of apps available and inspired by Mashable that act as a closed captioning plugin for your Instagram stories.
Cliptomatic
The most popular closed captioning app is Cliptomatic – politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Deaf Activist, Nyle DiMarco have been using it for quite some time now. More people are starting to use this handy app as it becomes more common to place closed captioning Simply download the app, and after the creation of your videos, Cliptomatic will convert your audio to text. You may edit the captions before you post your video to ensure 100% accuracy and accessibility.
Since the app can caption over 40 languages, you can provide closed captioning for all of your deaf users across the globe in their special base language.
Clips
Another app available for closed captioning use is Apple’s Clips, which is available in the Apple App Store. The Live Title feature lets you animate your captions and titles by simply talking. When you start the process, it automatically transcribes to text and appears onscreen, easily synced with your voice. One of the cool features of the app is that you can change your speech text to fit your style, bringing your deaf viewers and overall audience closer.
Before you share your Insta stories, consider your Deaf followers viewing your videos too. Remind your friends and family to do the same. You may not know whose lives you may affect, so try either of these apps and make your stories accessible to over 466 million people.
Know any other closed captioning apps apart from Cliptomatic and Apple Clips that you recommend? Share your views in the comment section below or through our social media pages.
