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Re: Auto-generated foreign language captions.

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From: Amber Holladay
Date: May 12, 2020 9:02AM

Google translate has the ability to translate closed captions into several
languages. I have never personally used the service, but I have heard about
it.

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 1:49 PM L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
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