A caption style cannot supply a missing programme track
Appearance settings and available subtitle content answer different questions.
The journal
The viewing journal — page 79
Practical reading about streaming, devices and the decisions behind a better prepared setup.
Read Transcribed and Translated subtitle labels in supported iPhone apps
Current labels identify generated text and carry model, language and software conditions.
Translating a webpage does not automatically translate the programme
Browser text, spoken sound and subtitle tracks are different language layers.
A Firefox translation language pack is not an offline programme download
Local language resources remove one network dependency while the media can still require a connection.
A deliberate touch-duration setting can look like a delayed button
Inspect the input threshold before assigning every slow response to the stream.
Blocking a location permission does not hide the connection’s IP address
A device-location request and the address used by a network connection are different privacy boundaries.