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[-] ech@lemm.ee 64 points 2 weeks ago

Stop

captioning

every

word

individually.

It

is

absolutely

useless

and

distracting.

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It’s a built in CapCut captioning effect widely used by video editors on TikTok.

Speed reader applications have demonstrably proven that people can process word sequences MUCH quicker when you show sentences to them this way.

You can be annoyed by the style and how obtuse it looks in scale relation to the actual video content, but utility-wise, it’s objectively the “easiest to digest” way to display subtitles / captions.

[-] Sceptique@leminal.space 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Especially with this bounce effect.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously. By the time I could actually focus on the word, it was on the screen for 2 more frames before disappearing.

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is the better way to caption things, actually. It improves both your reading speed and comprehension, especially when it's something like this where the person is talking quickly. Something about how your brain recognizes words.

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