Beginning as we speak, Netflix is giving TV customers the choice to customise the dimensions and magnificence of subtitles and closed captions. This replace offers subscribers the flexibility to select from three sizes — small, medium and enormous — in addition to 4 kinds/colours which embody the default white textual content possibility, drop shadow (white textual content with black background), mild (black textual content with white background) and distinction (yellow textual content with black background). The replace will roll out to TV customers globally by the tip of as we speak.

Netflix members had been beforehand solely in a position to entry these subtitle and closed caption sizing and magnificence choices by way of the net. So it’s a welcome replace for TV customers, particularly since streaming on massive screens like related TVs, good TVs and gaming consoles represented 77% of worldwide streamed minutes within the first quarter of 2022, per streaming knowledge analytics firm Conviva. Notably, 80% of People reported that they’re extra more likely to end a video if it has captions accessible, based on a 2019 research by Verizon Media and Publicis Media.

Whereas it could seem to be a small replace, giving TV customers extra kinds, fonts, sizes and colours for subtitles and closed captions can considerably enhance the viewing expertise. As an example, discovering the proper dimension and magnificence of subtitles could make an enormous distinction for visually impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. Notice that Netflix additionally already has a choose variety of titles with Subtitles for the Deaf and Arduous of Listening to (SDH). Subtitles and closed captions are additionally useful for viewers who could not perceive the language.

There are a ton of streaming providers that enable customers to alter the dimensions and magnificence of subtitles, corresponding to Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Peacock and Discovery+, amongst others.

At this time’s Netflix replace comes practically a yr after the streamer launched badges for audio and subtitle descriptions, in addition to expanded to over 11,000 hours of descriptive audio in over 30 languages.