How To Enable Closed Captioning On Roku

The closed captioning (CC) feature on Roku displays the text on screen for the spoken elements, background noises or sound effects in a movie or TV show. These captions basically provide subtitles for everything you see on screen. The feature provides an important means of entertainment for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is also useful in understanding the dialogues of a movie or TV show in case they sound is not clear or the dialogues are difficult to understand.

The closed captions can be turned off or on even during the playback. However, the feature is not available on all the Roku channels. It is solely dependent on whether the service provider is including them or not. So you must check the availability of closed captions with your service provider. In this blog, we’ll provide important information on how you can turn on or off the closed captions on Roku.

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Enabling Closed Captions On Roku

Closed Captions on Roku channels won’t show up unless you have enabled the closed captioning feature on Roku. For most of the channels, you can activate closed captioning from your Roku device settings. To enable this setting, follow the below given steps.

• Go to the Home Screen of your Roku by pressing the Home button on your Roku TV remote.
• Go to Settings by scrolling up or down.
• Go to Accessibility settings. If Accessibility is not listed, select Captions.
• Select Caption Mode and take the appropriate action.

If you turn ‘on’ the Captions, they will always appear whenever you play something on a channel that offers closed captioning. If you turn it off, the captions will never appear. You can also select On Replay which would display the captions only when you press the Replay button on your Roku TV remote. You can also select the When Mute option. Doing that would show the captions only when the volume is muted. However, the last option is only available in select Roku devices.

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Roku Unveils New Streaming Devices And An OS Update

Roku unveiled its five streaming updates along with the new operating system. It has updated its streaming device lineup completely. Earlier we have seen updates in Apple as well as Amazon video streaming boxes and finally, Roku has joined the league.  Roku’s competitors, Apple and Amazon have made updates like 4K, new and improvised security, voice control and much more.

The company has finally rolled out a new operating system, known as OS 8 which brings out various features like over the air and over the top viewing, voice control, and much more exciting features. The new Roku boxes range have improved features are the affordable price. With the improved features, you will get the experience like never before. From the basic version to the 4K capable home entertainment, you will get it all. This is the biggest new for all the Roku fans.

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The new device range includes Roku Express, Roku Express+, Roku Ultra, Roku Streaming Stick, Roku Streaming Stick+. The earlier products such as Roku Premiere and Roku Premiere+ are far behind now, after the launch of new devices. Last Year, the price of Roku Ultra dropped from $130 to $100. This year also, it stayed same even after its remote becomes 4K capable from the basic streaming stick.  The Roku Express+ has now analog component connection for those who have old televisions which costs $40 only. 

The Roku streaming sticks have the most interesting makeover which adds support for 802.11ac dual-band MIMO wireless. Without any change in the price, the processor is much faster now. It has got more features like Voice control functionality, volume and power button to control the volume of a TV. It now even has the wireless receiver which has much higher wifi range than the basic streaming stick. The basic streaming stick is now for $50, which now have voice controls. 

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