Posts Tagged ‘Captions’

Now, anyone viewing a video with a clear Japanese soundtrack will be able to create auto-captions in Japanese and translate them into more than 50 different languages.

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Today YouTube and Google are taking online video captioning to the next level, unveiling their new live video captions during the Google I/O live video stream later today.

As more and more networks are beginning to broadcast their television shows online it has become evident that closed captions are imperative, not only to cater to individuals that are hard of hearing but also to make it easier for viewers with English as a second language. Deaf viewers have been pushing for closed captions [...]

Yesterday YouTube released a new video to answer users’ questions about YouTube Worldwide, including international policy, captions and subtitles, the international partner program and the future of YouTube Worldwide. We’ve put together a guide with some of the most poignant matters discussed in the video, which was posted on the YouTube blog. Read more and [...]

As web video increases in popularity it is becoming more and more evident that closed captions are a necessity, not only to make videos accessible to the hearing impaired but also to aid in translation so that people around the world can watch video clips, auto-translated into their own native languages. YouTube understands the growing [...]