COAT Affiliates Applaud Launch of Google's YouTube Captioning System
On Thursday, November 19, many COAT affiliates -- AAPD, ACB, CSD, HLAA, NAD, NCI, NCIL, NVRC, TDI -- attended the exciting launch of Google's YouTube automated captioning system. Hosted by Vint Cerf, who noted that "videos are a medium of political expression", members of Google's captioning accessibility team presented demonstrations of their system to an appreciative audience who applauded the features many times when demonstrated.(Photo at event). COAT members were enthusiastic in their support for this big step forward in expanding the availability of captioning on the internet. See Google Blog showing automated captioning system demonstration.
This automated captioning system uses some voice recognition technology, some automated time code programming code and other intelligent features that will allow YouTube video creators to include captions easily. Likewise, the system allows viewers to see captions in the language of their choice as there is a 51-language translation program also available.
The event was attended by over a hundred people, including representatives from the US Access Board, FCC, AOL, CEA, NCIL, among others.
At a luncheon with Google captioning team members and COAT leaders from AAPD, CSD, NAD, the captioning team asked for feedback from our community on using the automated captioning system.
New York Times internet story.
Instructions on adding captions to YouTube videos.
Closed Caption button on remote.
Just learned this from Mark
Just learned this from Mark Golden at NCRA...
PLYmedia has announced that it will be providing live captioning to online video platforms. Unlike the Google web-captioning system that has recently been discussed on this site, the company indicates it will be using certified, realtime captioners, which should deliver more accurate results than speech recognition technology can.
http://newteevee.com/2009/11/20/plymedia-to-provide-live-captions-to-onl...
Quality of captioning is
Quality of captioning is certainly a significant issue. When asked about this -- at the Google event -- they did not have any metrics and said it depended on the inputs, such as clarity of speech. Systems that use humans to caption will always likley be more accurate until the price of artificial intelligence comes down.