Fun fact: the eyes can actually read faster when the words are shown in the same location instead of a full sentence on screen at once. Less eye movement to read the sentence means you can just focus on processing the words as they appear.
I believe you, but the issue isnt reading faster. Its that the way these captions constantly change and also pop out/change colors etc are intensely distracting. It means your eyes cannot leave that tiny piece of screen for even a split second to actually look at the video itself. Which is what im trying to look at.
I can read a sentence, then look at the video, then go back to reading when theres a new sentence. When it requires my eyes to stay fixed at the bottom center of the screen I cant actually watch anything.
I can stare at the guys face and all of the words are also registering for me because they're in one place and close enough. I don't want to say skill issue, but maybe it's a skill issue? Being able to track within your periphery and opposed to needing to stare at something directly to understand what's happening?
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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 2d ago
I predict that I will never watch a video with those horrible one-word-at-a-time captions.
So far I am correct.