The Reason You Use Closed Captions for Everything Now (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsrandomerr6y ago3 comments

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I wish "proper nouns only" closed captioning was a thing. "King Byanlethroun of House Herethrofod" can be tough to catch accurately.

anonymousiam6y ago

My wife speaks English as a second language (very fluently), but sometimes she has trouble with various accents so we leave the closed captions on most of the time. I seem to catch at least two or three transcription errors every time I watch something. I believe AI is used for most transcription, and it does a poor job when it lacks context for the content.

coldtea6y ago

>I seem to catch at least two or three transcription errors every time I watch something. I believe AI is used for most transcription, and it does a poor job when it lacks context for the content

If AI was indeed used end-to-end (and not e.g. just as a first pass) you'd catch way more than 2-3 errors per show...

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