How to Force YouTube Caption to Show
YouTube started supporting closed captioning of videos posted to the website for foreign language or hearing impaired viewers. You can change your account settings so that the closed captioning feature is automatically on. In addition YouTube has added an automatic captions option which translates an audio file as it plays to provide captions. You can also adjust your settings so that the automatic captions feature is enabled. Note that the person who uploaded the video needs to have added a closed caption file for the standard closed captioning to work and that the automatic captions, at the time of publication in October 2011, only works on certain sections of YouTube such as videos in the "Educational" section.
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Instructions
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Navigate to the YouTube website, click "Sign In" in the upper right corner and sign in to your YouTube account. If you don't already have a YouTube account, click "Create Account" in the upper right corner and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Click your name in the upper right corner of the screen and select "Settings" from the drop down menu. The "Account Settings" screen appears.
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Select "Playback Setup" in the left menu bar. A list of video playback options appears on the screen.
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Click the boxes next to "Always Show Captions" and "Always Show Automatic Captions." A check mark appears in each box, indicating the feature is turned on.
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Click "Save Changes" to save your settings.
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Tips & Warnings
You can filter your YouTube searches so that only videos with closed captioning appear in the search. To filter the video list after searching, click "Filter" above the video list and select "CC (Closed Caption)."
