When you see an address or time underlined in blue, the iPad is offering you shortcuts for doing something with this information. The Mail program used by Apple’s iOS devices (which include the iPad, the iPhone and the iPod Touch) can recognize certain types of information in messages. I get why Web addresses are highlighted, but why are street addresses and certain words in blue?Ī. When I get mail on the iPad, I occasionally see blue-underlined text in the message. Hulu Plus, for instance, offers some TV shows with closed captions the company has a short video showing how to turn on the feature at Doing More An unofficial list of streaming Netflix videos with subtitles for the hearing-impaired is at bit.ly/nf-cc.īut if you prefer to watch on the TV, try exploring other video stream providers that work with the Roku XD. A post on the official Netflix blog last year ( bit.ly/9n43ii) detailed the company’s efforts to add closed captions and subtitles to some titles in its video library. If you have a Netflix account, you may be able to see closed captions on selected movies and shows when you watch them on the computer instead. But Roku is investigating the possibility of adding closed captions embedded in certain Netflix videos in the future, so you may want to keep an eye on the company’s Web site ( ) for news.

A spokesman for Roku said the company did not support Netflix closed captions in its products, most of which are set-top boxes that stream content from the Internet to a connected television. On a Roku XD player, is there a way to get closed captions on those Netflix movies that offer them? I am hard of hearing and closed captions are crucial to me.Ī.

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