Automatic Captioning and Translating

This is another one of those things that falls into the I-Don’t-Think-We-Appreciate-The-Importance-Of-This category…  Google’s Automatic Captioning in YouTube:

“In addition to expanded accessibility for those with hearing disabilities, the combination of captions withmachine translation expands YouTube accessibility across the globe. If a caption track is available, it can be translated automatically in any of the 51 currently available languages. As a result, video content otherwise not accessible due to a language barrier can now be understood by a significantly larger user population.”

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