Official YouTube Blog: accessibility

One billion captioned videos

Kamis, 16 Februari 2017

300 million people2006automated captionsless than perfect

Automatic captions example from our previous model

Automatic captions example from our current model

ten supported languagesreviewed and edited by the creatorLiat Kaver, product manager, recently watched "27 Things You Might Not Know about Star Wars - mental_floss List Show Ep. 450" with automatic caption track.

YouTube automatic captions now in six European languages

Rabu, 28 November 2012

automatically creates captionsJapaneseKoreanSpanishdownload them for editingedit them in-linetranscriptsHoang Nguyen, software engineer, recently watched “Completo, ilha das flores.”

YouTube automatic captions now available in Spanish

Jumat, 15 Juni 2012

Cross posted from the Blog de YouTube en Españolautomatic captions

hereauto-translate featurecaptionsnew countries and languagesHoang Nguyen, software engineer, recently watched "Casillas: 'Si la Eurocopa hubiese sido en 2011, habría habido más problemas.'"

Captions for all: more options for your viewing and reading pleasure

Selasa, 28 Februari 2012

announced caption supportuploaded more than 1.6 million videos with captionsenabled automatic captions for 135 million videossince July 2011For YouTube viewersMore languages:JapaneseMoviesShowsSearch for videos with captions:Caption settings:Broadcast caption support:demo from CPCthose available from The Walt Disney StudiosFor YouTube creatorsMore supported formats:MPEG-2 caption import:Public.Resource.OrgMany of the DVDs and VHS tapes lying around in our vaults and attics--particularly those that were produced by governments and others that care about accessibility of their videos--already have Closed Captions embedded in them. Pulling that information out automatically and making it visible on YouTube means that these videos will continue to be accessible to new generations of viewers.published rulesKen Harrenstien, software engineer, recently rented “Cars 2” and was ecstatic to see its awesome captions.

Happy Birthday Automatic Captions! Celebrate with more videos and higher quality

Jumat, 19 November 2010

we launched auto-captions for everyonelaunch early and iterate

People have watched video with automatic captions more than 23 million times, and have automatically translated captions more than 7.6 million times.

The number of manually-created caption tracks has more than tripled thanks largely to automatic caption timing technology.

Just recently, we’ve reduced the error rate in our speech recognition algorithms by 20%

tremendous challenge of scale35 hours of videointroduced automatic caption timingYouTube Data APIYouTube Ready qualification program

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Ken Harrenstien, Caption Jedi, recently watched "Sign Language from the Space Station"

Release Notes: Seven new languages, four new countries get partner program, and lots more...

Kamis, 30 September 2010

Bits and bobs that’ve gone live since our last Release Notes...
YouTube is now available in...:Four new countries get YouTube Partner Program:hereCrossfades, wipes and slides:video editorMySpace Autoshare:ActivitySharingMore filtering for charts:YouTube ChartsImproved screen reader accessibility for YouTube player:YouTube Data APIShows in France:BFMTV: Bourdin DirectBritain’s Got Talenthere
HD and CC badges on search results page: “Add-to playlist” widget: Visited video styling on search results and video pages:The YouTube Team

Professional caption services get “YouTube Ready”

Rabu, 30 Juni 2010

Captions ensureauto-translatecreating captions

DCMP's current list of YouTube Ready vendors

Have passed a caption quality evaluation administered by the DCMP

Have a website and a YouTube channel where you can learn more about their services (see playlist below)

Have agreed to post rates for the range of services that they offer for YouTube content. Typical rates range from $2/minute for a transcript to $10/minute for full professional captions.

Help CenterDCMP's page

Naomi Bilodeau, Caption Evangelist, recently watched "Deaf Mugger."

Marlee Matlin’s new YouTube show and visit to Google

Selasa, 06 April 2010

“The real handicap of deafness lies not in the ear; it lies in the mind.” - Marlee Matlin, March 30 talk at GoogleMarlee MatlinI’ll Scream LaterMy Deaf Family

event last Novemberall usersadd manual captionsKen Harrenstien, Software Engineer, recently watched “Jason Molenda In the Net.”

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