Found Footage: iPad intro video as captioned by Google
Update: Some folks aren't seeing the captions. To ensure that you do, click the right disclosure arrow then make sure "CC" is selected. Next to "CC," select "Transcribe audio." It should be on by default, but if not, that's how to fix it.
Auto-captioning, introduced last year by YouTube in a pilot test, uses voice recognition to create text captions for uploaded videos (via the same massively distributed approach that Google uses for machine translation, and with the same underlying engine that Google Voice uses to transcribe voicemail). Just last week the feature was opened up to all YouTube uploaders -- but apparently it still struggled with the iPad introduction video, with unintentionally hilarious results. I now want "and it helps so many basic technology of the applications the baltic countries are going" on a t-shirt.
Yes, you've might have already seen this video, but you owe it to yourself to sit down for a few minutes and watch again. Just don't drink while watching, as a spit take is imminent.
[Via Engadget]
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Update: Some folks aren't seeing the captions. To ensure that you do, click the right disclosure arrow then make sure "CC" is selected....
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Here's a link to a recorded version of the automatic captions made by Google that you don't have to turn on with your player. The captions below the video were made on the Transendia player. It will allow anyone who depends on the captioning to actually see what they're missing and be able to judge the quality of the auto captions by Google.
http://realtimetranscription.com/showcase/iPad/index.php
"I tried to use the world-class female... it's incredibly fun"
March 11 2010 at 8:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOr, quite apt for me: "We looked at the device undecided."
March 10 2010 at 4:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy favorite, with a shot of iPad slowly rotating on the spot: "We want to take over"
Perfect =]:
"I mean the police are treating it... police in almost two hours"
March 09 2010 at 10:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf you use the transcript translator it's even more funny!
I tried it in italian! Lol!
For a full english transcription:
go to:
http://www.zibri.org
"So there's Dan Fields gold rush. Perhaps."
The best line!
ROTFL ! :D
"it's fun because you're too tall to him" lol - fantastically nonesensical.
"Harvard's awful" - they may want to edit that one.
Google has always emphasized that the uploader of the video needs to check the accuracy of the captions. Now the Google technology makes it easier for all companies to caption their own videos to publicize their products and services for an even wider audience at no extra cost----but the companies still need to take responsibility for reviewing and editing the captions.
March 09 2010 at 1:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyToo bad it doesn't work with HTML5 videos yet. That would be even more of a joke.
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