Starting this week, YouTube will automatically add captions to uploaded videos using Google’s speech recognition service. From Gizmodo:
There are many reasons for captions on every video: ESL viewers, people in other countries, searchability, not wanting to disturb others, loud locations and automatic translations to other countries.
And, of course, captions make videos accessible to hearing-impaired users. If Google’s captions aren’t quite right, users can download the captions in plain text and make corrections. Link to full story in Gizmodo.
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