As many as 80% of consumers say they watch entire videos if captions are available. 
By Beth Ziesenis
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According to a survey from Verizon Media and Publicis Media, 69% of people watch videos with the sound off in public places and 25% watch with the sound off in private places. Further, the research showed 80% of consumers are more likely to watch videos to completion if captions are available.
Sounds like (forgive the pun) adding captions to videos is a marketing no-brainer, right?
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It’s a good time to recognize that your viewing audience may not be listening to your audio, either because of preference or impairment.
Fortunately, technology has made captioning automatic and painless.
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