iPad #fail!

Amy Cohen Efron explains how Apple's iPad did not incorporate automated captions from YouTube. Watch the video demonstration and let's take some action by contacting Apple and YouTube to have this fixed!

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• deaf
• asl
• culture
• apple
• ipad
• youtube
• automated
• captions
• fail

[Commanderfirstclass]

Maybe it's mean to say...

but it's funny when you write "I was speechless"

xD

[hectorgo100]

ha hate that ugly ipad

[Aotommo]

This is a result of the fact that YouTube/Google insist on their closed captioning feature being reliant on Flash. When you watch a video on YouTube on your iPad, you're just getting a direct video stream, rather than a Flash applet with CC functionality built-in. My suspicion is that just as there's friction on Apple's side about Flash running on the iPad (both for performance and security reasons--it's not feasible), there's also friction on YouTube's side about providing CC another way.

[bronxvillerizzo]

I totally understood

[therogurt56]

What!!!

[davidlrlr]

the sounds you made with your mouth gave me a boner...

[denisrenelara]

well, that caption option is for the videos store on the iPad

[denisrenelara]

@Commanderfirstclass XD hahaha good point!

[goderek91]

@TheRobbom lol then why bother watching it it for all deaf and people know ASL DUH!

[sahlaboohlas]

nice video

[TheRobbom]

@goderek91 Cuz we cant understand

[goderek91]

@TheRobbom why not?