[yumidoma]

I post on youtube.. like many times..
but until other day.. i came across Audio Preview...
i was like.. oh tht was one of the option.. i thgt.. let me see ..
*speechless*
nothing to proud of or WOW...
it was funny and annoying..
still don't get why its there as an option... i mean.. i'm sure ppl can read their own comments Out loud

[lovey43]

hahahah its very entertaining

[selvaspeedy]

me too can't get the point of this option

[onewaylove]

it pronounces things wrong. hah!

[mango-iee]

LOL. yes, yes, it's very entertaining...but why is it there anyway? o.o

[FrozenWaterMelon]

Yeah i agree,
this option
is really useless,
unless someone really needed to know how to pronounce a word
but i agree, its so amusing at times xD

[Gofishus]

Argg I hate it, why can't they put it as the second button? I always click it by mistake when I mean to post my comment instead ; Not to mention it serves no useful purpose

[lovemelody.]

hehe i find it very entertaining XD

[kannade]

It might seem very silly for you guys but it's actually a tool that blind users use so that they can "see" what kind of comments their uploaded/favorited videos have received. There is a program that is compatible with websites for blind people to help them navigate and essentially surf the web with independence by helping with reading the text on the page out loud.

For the people who are worried that the computer generated pronunciation of their text comments don't make any sense to the blind people who are trying to "read" them, there is an audio preview.

Oh yeah! After reading this, for those of you who are confused as to why blind people surf the web or even bother "watching" youtube videos (because I was), just know that they are also humans that use the internet to interact and communicate with other humans.

[lovejyk]

It's probably to help those who have disabilities.

[pseudobread]

maybe someone at youtube read this xkcd comic:

[aizutto]

I didn't even know there was audio preview till I clicked on it by accident.
LOL.It was weird.

[WildSevenGirl]

^LOL SAME HERE. XD
Since I do "<33333333333" a lot and freak out (ie: DSLJDSLKDSAF!) it pisses me off SO much to hear it. xDDD
Quite amusing though.

[Ruiz]

I had some fun with it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswSEbiky6I

[Spiritm]

it is amusing but I'm pretty sure it's to help people with disabilities like mentioned by a few soompiers
above.

[STEPHOO--]

Ahaha it was pretty cool at first, but then it got annoying.
The button is in the wrong place T_T
I always end up clicking it, then next thing I know, my comment's being read out loud. lol.

[Joanne <3]

LOL, I found it pretty funny actually... especially when I was spazzing out something and my comment read "hahaha" - the tone of voice made it so lame sounding.

[raspberrii]

i always press enter after writing a comment thinking it will be posted, but by default "audio preview" is highlighted so im always taken by surprise. it is hilarious though. especially with foreign words/names. for instance when i wrote jaejoong it said jay-joong, and for changmin it said change-min. ah, good times...

[guiltysky]

haha i love that comic. it inspired the audio preview reading some of the comments though i'm sure it would defer some would be posters except one where i think the person blamed the audio preview for making his comment sound dumb o_o

[Jyezrah]

It might seem very silly for you guys but it's actually a tool that blind users use so that they can "see" what kind of comments their uploaded/favorited videos have received. There is a program that is compatible with websites for blind people to help them navigate and essentially surf the web with independence by helping with reading the text on the page out loud.

For the people who are worried that the computer generated pronunciation of their text comments don't make any sense to the blind people who are trying to "read" them, there is an audio preview.

Oh yeah! After reading this, for those of you who are confused as to why blind people surf the web or even bother "watching" youtube videos (because I was), just know that they are also humans that use the internet to interact and communicate with other humans.

That's pretty cool actually. I like that a website would take the visually impared into consideration, when no one else would think to...

I just misuse the tool, especially when commenting on DBSK videos or the like. The little "speaker" has enough trouble with english words. Korean names just come out hilariously.