(I was browsing Reddit this morning and saw it posted there)
https://www.captionpop.com/
There isn't really much to say lol. Probably better just to see pictures. It's similar to paid services like Yabla and Lingo without the added learning features. And also similar to Lingo Player, which I've been using for this.
CaptionPop | Watch Youtube videos with subtitles in both L1 and L2 (Free)
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Re: CaptionPop | Watch Youtube videos with subtitles in both L1 and L2 (Free)
Old thread but I just came across this resource and had to reply how happy I am to find it! I was also browsing through Reddit when I saw someone mention it.
One problem that I've had for a while with the Youtube search is that I can only search for videos that have subtitles added... and for a while I wished that I could specify the language of the subtitles! Often the results I get is mostly subtitles in English when what I was looking for was: Japanese audio w/ Japanese subtitles; Finnish audio w/ Finnish subtitles. Luckily this resource solves (kind of) that problem which is great!
The only downside that I noticed (but understandable) is that the subtitles used are the ones that were added with the video. This isn't always a huge problem, honestly at this point I'm more like "better to have something to work with than nothing!", but often with my TL there's always some omissions. With videos in japanese you can hear the person murmuring something and that doesn't appear in the subtitles. Basically they aren't 100% word-for-word version of what you're hearing. But sometimes it can get close to it.
Overall I'm really glad that now I can search for Youtube videos and specify the language of the subtitles!
One problem that I've had for a while with the Youtube search is that I can only search for videos that have subtitles added... and for a while I wished that I could specify the language of the subtitles! Often the results I get is mostly subtitles in English when what I was looking for was: Japanese audio w/ Japanese subtitles; Finnish audio w/ Finnish subtitles. Luckily this resource solves (kind of) that problem which is great!
The only downside that I noticed (but understandable) is that the subtitles used are the ones that were added with the video. This isn't always a huge problem, honestly at this point I'm more like "better to have something to work with than nothing!", but often with my TL there's always some omissions. With videos in japanese you can hear the person murmuring something and that doesn't appear in the subtitles. Basically they aren't 100% word-for-word version of what you're hearing. But sometimes it can get close to it.
Overall I'm really glad that now I can search for Youtube videos and specify the language of the subtitles!
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Re: CaptionPop | Watch Youtube videos with subtitles in both L1 and L2 (Free)
Hello! I'm the creator of CaptionPop and I just saw this thread! Thank you for posting about it! If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, feel free to e-mail me anytime. jon@captionpop.com.
@dicentra8 I agree that finding videos with good quality subtitles isn't as straightforward as it should be. I've thought about maybe adding a way for language learners to rate videos based on the quality of the subs, and then maybe do recommendations based on that. I'd be open to any other ideas if you have them.
Thanks!
@dicentra8 I agree that finding videos with good quality subtitles isn't as straightforward as it should be. I've thought about maybe adding a way for language learners to rate videos based on the quality of the subs, and then maybe do recommendations based on that. I'd be open to any other ideas if you have them.
Thanks!
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Re: CaptionPop | Watch Youtube videos with subtitles in both L1 and L2 (Free)
dicentra8 wrote:Old thread but I just came across this resource and had to reply how happy I am to find it! I was also browsing through Reddit when I saw someone mention it.
Thanks for resurrecting this post, which I had never seen. This is a very useful resource, for sure.
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Re: CaptionPop | Watch Youtube videos with subtitles in both L1 and L2 (Free)
I feel like I am the last guy in however, I will say the same thing. Thank you for resurrecting this post. I'm already excited and trying to use this!!!
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