{"id":15054,"date":"2021-10-21T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/best-practices-tiktok-accessibility\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:37:04","slug":"best-practices-tiktok-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/best-practices-tiktok-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Accessibility: How to Add Captions and Other Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Accessibility<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">TikTok Accessibility: How to Add Captions and Other Best Practices<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/3playmedia\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">3Play Media<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-10-21T15:18:05+00:00\">October 21, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/brand-refresh-blog-images-1-1-1536x548.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media.png\" alt=\"Content creator edits content on his mobile device.\" width=\"292\" height=\"277\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With over two billion lifetime downloads and <a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/tiktok-users\">50 million<\/a> daily active users in the U.S. alone, TikTok is one of the most popular apps of our time, particularly among Gen Z. However, the platform&#8217;s accessibility features leave something to be desired. While TikTok is actively working to improve accessibility (like the recent addition of auto-captions), the current features available to users offer a great starting point as something anyone can do with just a little added effort.<\/p>\n<p>Creating accessible content can help you reach a new audience and provide a more interactive &amp; engaging experience for viewers. With that being said, let&#8217;s go over some of the app&#8217;s top accessibility features \u2013 including how to add captions to your TikToks, inserting audio descriptions, and best practices for formatting and design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"btn btn-blue-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/social-guide-checklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Accessible Social Media Videos<\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is TikTok?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>TikTok describes itself as \u201cthe leading destination for short-form mobile videos.\u201d The social media network offers a place where users can create, edit, and share short-form video content that is between 15 seconds to 3 minutes in length. Content with the app ranges substantially, and users often create lip-sync, dance, comedy, and talent videos.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s mission is to \u201cinspire creativity and bring joy,\u201d but it has also proven to be a useful <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/brands-on-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tool for building brand awareness<\/a>. Brands like Chipotle, The Washington Post, and the NBA utilize TikTok to engage with their audience and to showcase their brand\u2019s personality. In addition to posting, the app includes advertising and hyperlinking capabilities to help generate website traffic and potential leads.<\/p>\n<h3><u>TikTok accessibility<\/u><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightning-blob.png\" alt=\"Content creator replies to comments on her desktop.\" width=\"263\" height=\"241\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as accessibility is concerned, TikTok has a ways to go to reduce barriers for people with disabilities. According to one article, in fact, TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/tiktok-snapchat-app-design\">doesn&#8217;t even follow many basic rules or best practices of app design<\/a> \u2013 notably, the platform&#8217;s navigation, information hierarchy, layout, and overall design are not conducive for an accessible user experience. Additionally, unfamiliar patterns &amp; pathways within the app pose as a significant barrier to many users.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of accessibility and usability is particularly stark when compared to interfaces from Google, Apple, and Microsoft \u2013 which strictly follow the recommended practices laid out by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Your Quick Guide to TikTok Accessibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the meantime as TikTok continues to make improvements, users can advocate for accessibility on their own terms by following basic web accessibility standards with the features currently available. By making content accessible to users with disabilities, the overall viewing experience is improved for <em>any<\/em> user (like the below example, where TikTok user @_sorry_dad_ explains how they manually added captions).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4013.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok video users says, &quot;I personally find it a lot easier when I have captions on.&quot;\" width=\"200\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4014.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok video captions say that the user is trying to make their videos more accessible for other people using captions.\" width=\"200\" \/><\/center><center><em>Screenshots via @_sorry_dad_<\/em><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><u>How to add captions to your TikTok<\/u><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/popular-topics\/closed-captioning\/#captioning\">Closed captions<\/a> are time-synchronized text that visually depicts the audio content, and make videos accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Captions also have the potential to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/studies-find-captions-improve-engagement\/\">improve user engagement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/captions-increase-viewership-for-facebook-video-ads\/\">video viewing time<\/a>, and viewing flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/04\/06\/tiktok-adds-auto-captions-to-make-videos-accessible-to-hard-of-hearing-and-deaf\/\">rolled out its auto-captioning feature<\/a> in select countries. This feature automatically transcribes speech from a video to generate closed captions, and initially will only support American English and Japanese. While this brings an unprecedented level of accessibility to the platform, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/caption-quality\/\">accuracy rates of automatically generated captions are notoriously low<\/a> and manual user editing is still often needed. Below, we&#8217;ll go over how to use TikTok&#8217;s auto captioning feature (and workarounds to use in the case that auto captions aren&#8217;t available).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding automatic captions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Record a video in-app or upload a saved file from your device<\/li>\n<li>Once your video is recorded or uploaded, proceed to the editing page<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8220;Captions&#8221; button to the right of the screen<\/li>\n<li>TikTok will automatically analyze speech &amp; create captions<\/li>\n<li>To edit auto-captions, click the pencil icon to the right of the screen<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re done, press play to watch a preview &amp; double check your work<\/li>\n<li>Ready to post? Touch <em>Done<\/em> in the upper right corner of the screen<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Adding <a href=\"https:\/\/jessicasbaresi.medium.com\/closed-captions-and-subtitles-to-tiktok-clips-bb6778d85b57\">DIY captions<\/a> with the internal text tool:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Record a video in-app or upload a saved file from your device<\/li>\n<li>Once your video is recorded or uploaded, check the box in the lower right corner<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cText\u201d button at the bottom of the screen<\/li>\n<li>Drag text to position it on the screen (preferably towards the top, to avoid confusion with the video&#8217;s description)<\/li>\n<li>To determine when the text will appear (timestamps), select the text box and click on the clock icon in the upper right corner<\/li>\n<li>Press the play button to see a preview and double check your work<\/li>\n<li>Touch <em>Done<\/em> in the upper right corner of the screen<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4018.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Sun Kim\" width=\"169\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4019.jpg\" alt=\"Christin Sun Kim advocates for the use of sign language.\" width=\"169\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4020.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Sun Kim's art work, which visualizes the sign for &quot;future.&quot;\" width=\"169\" \/><\/center><center><em>Screenshots via @soulpancake<\/em><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding captions with an external tool or service:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This option is typically the most viable for those who create TikTok content on a regular basis, and entails employing a dedicated captioning service or app.<\/p>\n<p>To begin, record videos directly to your device <em>or<\/em> record the video in TikTok and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copytrans.net\/blog\/how-to-download-tiktok-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download the video<\/a> to your phone. Then, upload your videos to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/captioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">captioning service provider<\/a> (which may require the video be sent to a computer first) or a captioning application on your phone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If using a <strong>captioning vendor<\/strong>, you will be provided with a caption file that you must add to your videos using a video editing software. Once you\u2019ve done that, your captioned videos can be uploaded to TikTok.<\/li>\n<li>If using a <strong>captioning application<\/strong>, you can download the captioned video back onto your phone &amp; upload it directly to TikTok. Clipomatic and MixCaptions are two examples of mobile captioning apps that are easy to download and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><u>Accessible format and design<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>One of the easiest aspects of social media accessibility that can be applied on TikTok is thought formatting and design. Creators often utilize text in their videos to emphasize points within their content or, as mentioned above, to create captions.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing to use text in your TikTok videos, it&#8217;s essential to ensure there is appropriate color contrast, font size, font style, and text placement. In order for text to be visible to those who have low vision or color deficiencies (like color blindness), there must be sufficient contrast between the text and background colors. Using a light-colored font on a black background is typically the most accessible option, but deeper colors like blue can be incorporated (such as in the examples below, which are screenshots from TikTok user @elianaghen).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4015.jpg\" alt=\"Eliana Ghen, Tik Tok acting coach. Caption reads, &quot;New Acting Challenge.&quot;\" width=\"169\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4016.jpg\" alt=\"Eliana Ghen, Tik Tok acting coach. Captions read, &quot;How to sound real when acting: stop thinking you have to say a line a certain way.&quot;\" width=\"169\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4017.jpg\" alt=\"Eliana Ghen, Tik Tok acting coach. Caption reads, &quot;Think: I'm that person in that circumstances (in reference to making a character your own.&quot;\" width=\"169\" \/><\/center><center><em>Screenshots via @elianaghen<\/em><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for font size and style, users should pay close attention to the sizing of the text and the style. If the font is too small, it will be especially difficult, if not impossible, for people with low vision to read the text. Choosing a sans serif font style, such as the classic or typewriter font, can improve readability.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are ready to place the text on your video, be sure to position it at the top of the screen. The video\u2019s description will cover text frames placed at the bottom of the screen, and overlapping text is not easily readable.<\/p>\n<h3><u>Include video descriptions<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>TikTok is a visual app \u2013 100% of the app\u2019s content is videos. This can create a barrier for many people who are blind or have low vision, as they may have challenges seeing the content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4010.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok video shares classic books that will &quot;make you question everything.&quot; This TikTok includes text descriptions in the comments.\" width=\"300\" \/><\/center><center><em>Screenshots via @harry.whattoff<\/em><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/popular-topics\/audio-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audio description<\/a> is an accessible video feature that narrates important visual information within video content and aids users with visual disabilities in watching videos. With some planning, users can incorporate audio description with their TikTok videos.<\/p>\n<p>If the video requires a short and sweet visual description, it can live right in the video description box or even in the comments section. If the description is long, users may record audio description within the app to describe what is happening in the video.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Want to learn more about social media accessibility?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/social-guide-checklist\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-ebook.jpg\" alt=\"The ultimate guide to accessible social media videos with link to read the ebook\" width=\"1000\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-ebook.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-ebook-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-ebook-600x172.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-ebook-768x220.jpg 768w, 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