Saturday, January 02, 2010

YouTube audio transcription.

I rummaged through YouTube today for 1080p videos. I tried the stuff I usually watch (like clips of Mikie Hara) and stuff I watch less often (like movie trailers). Then I decided to check the PBS NewsHour channel, and watched an interview with Obama. I turned on the in-beta auto-captioner, and the captions are, generally, surprisingly good. There are some quirks, though, like at 6:33:

Barack Obama looks slightly to the right, with both eyebrows raised and his mouth slightly open. Below is a caption on two lines: "that forces insurace companies to sexually" and "bid for". The last line is cut off by a video control bar set to "06:34" of "10:08".

It might seem like I work for Google or stalk their product announcements or something. I read their blog and like Chrome's Bayonetta theme, but I don't work for them and (for various reasons) don't plan to.

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