Flashy captions

Hello!

I’m deaf and I suffer of epilepsy.

I generally avoid TikTok. But I wanted to post to bring awareness and accessibility.

The problem is that some people use captioning style that triggers my seizures:

You know “those” but let me describe:

Tiny 2-4 words at once, quickly pulsating, also often flashing text or bouncy text karaoke style. This is a major trigger for seizures. Short quick captions is also triggering.

I’m writing this because I want to bring out the awareness. Please don’t caption in this style.

How to do it better:

Longer sentences, longer duration.

No karaoke style

No short duration

No wild colors/fonts

Ideal: as boring as possible. Long sentences. Slow. Long duration. Compare to professional made captions shown on tvshows and movies.

Basically: boring captions are the best captions. Avoid anything that is “eye catching” aim for plain and boring

Thank you.

Kindly, deaf epileptic