OS X or iOS: Closed Captioning options with VoiceOver?

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OS X or iOS: Closed Captioning options with VoiceOver?

Is there any way to get closed captioning to be read by VoiceOver (or other speech option) in ANY app on OS X or iOS?

Why? Because if there is e.g. a movie a language you donʻt understand, it could be useful.

There seem to be so few audio narration options currently - I wish audio narration channel was a regular option like closed captioning for hearing impaired (or muted environments).

If you canʻt see the movie, but can hear it, itʻs already a struggle to get many videos or TV to work.

So there is only (or mostly) just the sound - which sometimes leaves a bit too much to imagination.

Posted on Jan 14, 2015 8:45 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 14, 2015 10:16 AM in response to dev0

I've never heard of any way to do that. Probably all you can do is ask Apple to add it via feedback.

You might want to repost your messages in a more widely viewed forum like

OS X Yosemite

There are 10 times as many people involved there, and you may catch the attention someone more knowledgeable.

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dev0 Author

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Jan 14, 2015 10:34 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

That looks like a more visible place to start then. - it doesnʻt for sure hurt to have a bit more visibility in some issues.

I guess Iʻm using all the accessibility features way too heavily, since I donʻt seem to even find a way to make Apple Discussions find a place like the Yosemite forum with my own search. (It didnʻt find anything for Apple Configurator either - when searching for something about that app in particular. A little app that works well with VoiceOver, and helps manage iOS device settings).

In UK, some movies have an option for audio narration channel. Thereʻs nothing like that in the US, so an option for CC with VO would a tiny step in that direction until some other feature will work even better.

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 14, 2015 11:09 AM in response to dev0

For configurator these are probably the forums, but activity may be low

https://www.apple.com/support/business-education/communities/

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