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Re: Auto-generated foreign language captions.

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From: L Snider
Date: May 11, 2020 1:49PM

Hi Derek,

Sorry, one more question...So the captions are above the video, or for the
video in their own track?

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:13 PM Jackson, Derek J < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> They are for captions of videos in HTML.
>
> Thanks!
> Derek
>
> —
>
> Derek Jackson
>
> Digital Accessibility Developer | Digital Accessibility Services
> Harvard University Information Technology
> 1430 Massachusetts Ave, 4th Floor
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
> he/him/his
>
> On 5/9/20, 11:56 AM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of L Snider" <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> Hi Derek,
>
> Will this be for documents? Webpages? Powerpoint slides? Or all of the
> above?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM Jackson, Derek J <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone have any useful recommendations for services that can
> create
> > auto-generated captions and/or transcripts for modern Greek or other
> > non-English languages? Or services you can recommend for a specific
> > language, such as modern Greek, or other languages?
> >
> > I have also been directed to this service, sonix.ai, to create
> > auto-generated transcripts for modern Greek. Does anybody have
> experience
> > or knowledge of their quality of work?
> >
> > Thanks for any and all suggestions and help!
> > Derek
> >
> > —
> >
> > Derek Jackson
> >
> > Digital Accessibility Developer | Digital Accessibility Services
> > Harvard University Information Technology
> > 1430 Massachusetts Ave, 4th Floor
> > Cambridge, MA 02138
> >
> > he/him/his
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >