For most videos, it’s best to provide captions as a separate text-based caption track (closed captions) instead of a burning them directly into the video (open captions). Closed captions can be turned on or off, customized by the viewer, and are available to assistive technologies. If a platform does not support closed captions, then burned-in open captions are better than no captions at all.<\/p>\n
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