I have just discovered that for streams containing embedded closed captions (NOT via a Twitch extension), there is no way to display the closed captions when playing the stream on Android or when casting to a Chromecast.

I think it's great that Twitch has added captions support in the first place, but all of it is for nothing if someone who relies on captions is watching on the app or Chromecast.

To be extra clear, I am not talking about caption extensions - those show up in the app, but many streamers use proper embedded captions which seem to only be available in the browser player.

The app really should support displaying captions over the video similar to YouTube, and Chromecast definitely also can show captions so it should be supported there too.

I contacted Twitch support about enabling captions on Android/Chromecast and the only responses I have gotten are links to the help articles about captions and extensions. None of the help articles show how to enable captions on Android or Chromecast, so I have to assume it just isn't supported.

My eyesight sucks and I have ADHD and dyslexia, so reading chat is already hard. I have my second monitor set to 200% text scaling just to be able to read it while streaming.

There’s been so many times I’ve missed that different people have chatted because their usernames “blend in” - ie, for whatever reason a lot of people have their names set to that “dingy” teal which doesn’t contrast well. Add lowercase long-ish usernames, and I’m really slowing down to keep track of who’s who. Same for raids, when a bunch of unfamiliar usernames come blazing into chat.

(It’s pretty mortifying to notice that you’ve missed the fact that they’re someone else, or actually multiple people, because you got confused.)

If there could be a way to use a streamer-picked “color palette” to (randomly?) assign as a way to “highlight” their usernames, I’d feel so much more at ease.

(My color palette would be darker desaturated colors so I don’t sear my eyeballs.)

A subtle indicator that their username is ‘ye’ long with a glance at my second monitor, with different blocks of color behind individual usernames... that would seriously help people like me and anyone else who might have difficulties with sight, reading, and processing information.

I wouldn’t mind if it didn’t “stick” to a person’s username between streams. It would be pretty cool to allow followers to choose their highlight (lowlight?) knowing that it helps me out, though.

In lieu of that... symbols? Indentation? Just something to break it up into something more distinct for us small streamers? Please, Twitch?

I can’t express how difficult and awful it feels to struggle with the most quintessential aspect of twitch...

I need you to understand something, Twitch. I am autistic. I have visual and audio hypersensitivity issues. When I go to look at VODs while the livestream is going, the livestream plays behind the VOD thumbnails. It defaults to playing with audio on. There does not even appear to be the basic option of a pause button. The only way to pause is to click the stream which brings it do the front, then pause, then hit the back button to get back to where you were.

I cannot stress enough how completely and utterly terrible this design is. I literally cannot use this ui. I would go so far as to call it a crime against usability and yes I know that is hyperbole and I don't even care anymore. It is a HUGE accessibility issue for me. Please provide an option to disable this functionality and return to the old UI method of only showing the livestream when you are on the livestream page.

I actually cannot imagine who this design even benefits. If I am looking at VODs it is because I want to watch those, not the livestream. Furthermore, I frequently follow tournaments on twitch, and want to watch VODs I missed without literally being spoiled by the current match loading itself automatically in the background with no way to turn it off except going to the stream and absolutely being spoiled. Seriously, why was this even done.

If there is already an option to disable this I apologize, but in all my searching I could not find it. If this is not the appropriate place for this feedback I am also sorry but this is where your help site put me so this is where I am posting it. You have successfully made a huge portion of your site unusable for me, and I desperately need you to give me (and others like me who deal with these issues) a way to disable this.

My friend, jyeck, has since deceased. February 6, 2020. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/james-yeck-obituary?pid=195335497

He's currently in my online friends list... either his account was hacked, he never logged out, or his family is trying to close his accounts. However i'm unsure as to what it is, nor do i care. I want him memorialized, he was an avid gamer, loyal friend, and a general boon to the world. He's in my friends list in multiple places, cuz i can't bring my heart to removing him.

a friend streamed a moment of silence for him, and had i been in a situation to do so, so would I.

I would greatly appreciate his account being made permanently offline, and memorialized. I have linked his Obituary above and will do so below. If you have any further inquiries please contact me via Nafryti#7626 on Discord.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/james-yeck-obituary?pid=195335497

I log onto twitch to enjoy some stream content of my favorite streamer, game, or community for the day. I am encountered with streams without my choice(also known as consent) that I have no interest in, disagree with politically, feel are being pushed on me for political purposes, do not want to watch, do not even want to see for one second, and think I should not have to see. All I request is a simple option in user settings that allows me to opt out of hosts, raids, or "twitch" chosen streams on the home screen. This would improve the user experience for me personally. Thank you and I look forward to continuing to watch the content I choose on twitch.