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Please fix subtitling for podcasts so it follows/syncs properly with the episode.

Status: Live Idea
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Please fix subtitling for podcasts so it follows/syncs properly with the episode. This used to work but sometime in the last few weeks it changed and now displays a large chunk of text all at once, and often the later parts of the subtitle text aren't even on the screen.

 

I enjoy language-learning podcasts while walking on the treadmill, and having good subtitles is valuable for following along with my target language.

 

I usually use subtitles with Spotify on my mobile phone, but it appears that the behavior of the "read along (beta)" feature in the PC app changed in a similar way.

 

Please revert to the previous subtitling or develop a new method which follows along more closely with the speaker. 

 

For an example of what I mean, compare the subtitles for The Bite Size Japanese Podcast ep 535 vs ep 536 (this seems to be when the change occurred).