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Rich FourFour was looking for a video today, and he discovered that YouTube has introduced a new function that is still in BETA testing, which translates the audio into closed captioning for the hearing impaired. Let’s just say that they should take the system out of BETA immediately, because it is definitely READY TO GO. As you can see from the slides above, the computer has an incredibly keen ear for human dialogue. It’s basically the David Mamet of computer software. I’m surprised Roger Ebert didn’t go to the YouTube closed-captioning people to help him develop his new voice. In any case, you really have to watch the video with the sound on so that you can see just how right this system gets it. If anything, the closed captions are TOO right. It’s spooky! People make mistakes when they speak, it’s never this perfect, YouTube! We’re not flawless talking robots! Watch the original video here. (You find/turn on the captions, if/when they are available, like this.)
The CC function isn’t available on all or even most videos yet, but the rules of this game are simple: find amazing YouTube closed captions and post them in the comments. Everyone wins.
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[High Fiving]
Works fine for me!
Yeah, I’m definitely not having any of the problems you are, Gabe… this thing is transcribing these videos perfectly!
in all seriousness, the zoobooks! video is even better with captioning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKNuBoymppk
(I’m putting this up at the top so people can see it)
PROTIP: the closed captions are generally on videos that only have a couple of thousand views. So you’re probably not going to find closed captions for your favorite cat video. Sorry, monsters.
Well, maybe not cat videos, but certainly one video from our favourite dog: T-Dog!
You know what he’s talking about!
I was really hoping for Best New Party Game17 to be Awful Sex talk.
we’ll just have to keep that for tuesday nights.
“We’ll just have to keep that for Tuesday nights.” #BNPG 17.5
Yes, yes, all around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY39fkmqKBM
“it’s all part would say that read your people dole have sole the case because we do we do have sold sorry and lately I have been called a changes ginger by everybody school. He really hurts my feelings.. YOU JUST HAVE SOULS! OUR GUESTS ARE TOM A CHRISTIN! …. YOU LIVED AS A SOLDIER DIED! ON THE ISSUE! OTHERWISE SPOKE TO YOU (instead of FUCK You)”
and LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
“really that’s what he get a Canada”
“I’m being called you June every single day school”
THIS KIDS gets called THE worst!
I guess gingers read Moby-Dick and have souls!
I didn’t find closed captioning but I found something better, the worst of the worst
It’s so bad videogum wouldn’t embed it I guess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6AAwENHHI
Too bad that isn’t math, otherwise the two “-” would have equaled a “+”
That video does have captions actually, and they’re very accurate.
“but I was not going to spend the rest of my life the next four years for the New Jersey”
e.e. cummings is so pissed right now.
>.> I’m watchin’ you, YouTube videos that may or may not be dissing NJ….
Upvote for
e.e.
cummings.
same
She never said what happens if the guy doesn’t want Yahtzee?! Does he get thrown off his ass then too? Before or after the “first round”?
I can’t get CC to work for me. Someone walk me through it?
You find/turn on the captions, if/when they are available,
.MY bad, Gabe. DIDN’T see YOUR answer THERE. CLEAR EYES, full hearts, PAY MORE attention.
IT’S ONLY on certain VIDEOS and then WHEN YOU SEE that CC shit is RED, CLICK the fuckin arrow next to IT.
IT’LL say “Transcribe Audio” SO AS you click it SAY “FUCK YEAH, you transcribe THAT SHIT YOUTUBITCH!” and BOOM it’ll FUCKIN work/not WORK for you.
At least THAT’S HOW I did it. THE AMERICAN way.
Sometimes, it does it all by itself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxz-nsvnSKc&feature=related
Aaaaaaand SOOOOMEtimes, you can do it in the last menu button if one is there. BAM!
This is so intuitive!
No kidding?
Wow, yes! If anything they should call it OPENED Captioning because this line OPENED my MIND:
http://goodietwosleeves.com/internet/bigred04.jpg
And of course my human ear missed completely that his screams were actually him just getting to know me better:
http://goodietwosleeves.com/internet/bigred05.jpg
I’ll bet they names the YouTube comptuer behind this “Beautiful Mind 2: Computer Brainz Be ‘Splainin.”
All joking aside, it totally aced a Tommy Wiseau monologue:
Good job!
The best caption win ever!
My comment is awaiting moderation. You should fix this feature so anything with Ginger Kid is automatically approved.
All joking aside, it totally aced a Tommy Wiseau monologue:
Remember when the new Videogum first launched you guys? It was perfect!
Hush.
Yes, dissent will not be tolerated! Stop mentioning the irony of Gabe choosing this particular point in human/videogum history to mock another site for not thoroughly beta testing a new launch.
Oh, and apropos of nothing, I still can’t change my password or stay logged in.
HAHAHA Good!
or like I can’t upvote some of these that DESERVE TO KNOW I APPROVE OF THEIR FUNNY
Zing-a-Ling
Is it just me, or are Gabe’s more frequent comments (I think? Maybe it’s just that I notice Coach Taylor’s face more than Al Roker-Joker) makes me feel like the monster family is growing closer.
“My name is Kesha” is the only straight forward sentence out of her mouth. Too bad it was translated into Ke$ha for the closed captioning. “The key issue of to Sandra” sounds like some nonsense she would say.
WHY DOES this keep MOVING? Or am I GOING crazy?!
THIS was a reply TO MAX. HM didn’t WORK though.
WHATEVER. I fuckin QUIT.
nope not just you, I think it’s the
MAYBE it’s KARMA?
This has nothing to do with anything, but I just went on your twitter and found this hilarious post “YOU SHOULD start a BAND called RADIOGUM. THEN make a BUNCH of albums LIKE OK TYPEWRITER and CHILD B and The Curvies BECAUSE LOL”.
It just made my day.
That one KILLED me. Later that night I heard a Radiohead song and started laughing thinking about OK TYPEWRITER.
That’s awesome.
I’m dying to hear “Suspicious Cyborg.”
That and “Sneak.”
Or their contribution to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack, the aptly called “Speak Program Announcer.”
WELL IT’S true. COMPLACENT Haley Joel OSMAND isn’t GOING TO write itself YOU know!
Did the Butterfly Effect poster peoples lift an Alex Grey design?!
Hmmm…
the tag line on that movie spoils it. hmm, I hope no one was upset that the butterfly effect was spoiled for them. oh god. they spoiled the movie (the butterfly effect) OH GOD!
I wish I could delete this. please down vote me. [just so you know, it was suppose to be a dig at the butterfly effect poster, and how it's tag line spoils the movie.]
Yeah, CC made that Elvis impersonator spout racial slurs in the closed captioning. I was relieved while watching the video to hear that he did not in fact use the term coon in any racist context, as he did not use it at all.
Crisis averted.
Uh-thank you very much.
Damn, that didn’t work at all. Can a monster get a little help here?
Now I can’t reply to my own reply? Internet, you have foiled me once again old nemesis!
Let’s try this one more time
I’m not good at the interwebz so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY39fkmqKBM
I guess CC doesn’t work for people without souls?
Real: “ It really irritates me that south park would say that “red haired people don’t have souls ok?”
CC: “it really irritates me it’s all part would say that read your people dole have the sole the case”
Shit! Sorry An American Patriot!
NO worries. GREAT minds THINK ALIKE!
WHY THE fuck are NONE OF the Star SPANGLED BANNER videos CAPTIONED!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/drunkhistory?blend=1&ob=4
Drunk History is a gold mine!
“He’s I guess I am nearly ten times as many with three things”
Oh man, I LOVE Drunk History!
I gotta go check this out now…
Awe, it was just the FoD short segment of the new Jen Kirkman bit.
Still really good! But I was prepared to set aside a half hour to watch all of them over again with cc.
Oh well. I’m off to be stupid productive.
Beta? Seems perfect to me.
So basically, YouTube closed captioning is how I’m going to find my new band name. Finalist: Beef Decree.
YouTube closed captioning is how I’m going to be the next American Poet Laureate. Suck it, Billy Collins!
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrwlnu4Bd1qztgqpo1_500.png
The original audio content is also a can’t miss.
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45D3G1pq4A&cc=1
oops, here it is:
Original: Everyone did quite well on this test
Youtube: That be moving quickly runs death.
0:33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZnJ3KeeAAg
How do you get the picture of it from youtube?!
Take a screen cap, if you have a Mac I know it’s “command-shift-4″. Otherwise I would Google it.
This video doesn’t have CC but still found a way to talk to me directly. I’m leaving, and no, I won’t comment.
I need to pump the breaks and just tlak some trash.
Jsutin Biebner SUXORZ!!1!!
From werttrew’s cat video, “Toilet Training the Feline” found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMAcxeLXfA&feature=sub
“I’m going to teach my cat to use the toilet, then I’m going to sell a video telling other people how they can do it! I’ll be rich! The money will all be mine!” -you
Whatever, Gabe. It’s all the same thing and fatter.
file:///C:/Users/TEMP.Siobhan-PC.002/Pictures/JAy.jpg
Internet’s confusing…
Wow that one seemed to work out in their favor
recommendation! this consumer reports video on Slap Chop. i didn’t know “Slap chop” could be rhymed so many ways!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B_PlZ0f9_U
“Your comment is awaiting moderation. ” what the fuck?
(I really hope this works)
Wait, this is even better:
Who invited the downvote troll to the party game?
I think the new layout did…
I went through and upvoted everyone I could just because.
I do this frequently.
So people with Consistent +1′s, don’t get too excited, but generally all comments deserve at least a +1 because trying is a +1 at my school.
I DID THAT TOO!
I do the same thing!
Also I want to see if I know how internetz work yet (almost definitely not)
Hooray!
Couldn’t find any CC videos
Guess I’ll just stick with Babelfish.
Ugh, just when I learn how to post gifs, I have to learn how to post pictures from Youtube? Gah!
http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/07706aa7dee74c9a999a2cb7bc7400eb/px-assets/861ce26937ac4bcdae035ef3eeb8cac2
blergh!
The most disappointing part of my day? Discovering the Die Antwoord videos have yet to be given closed captioned access.
(don’t worry, I will be checking every day)
can i make a tumblr dedicated to this? that seems like a party.
the crazy Judge Judy hipsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehdpEf-XCI
umm… i will work on this tonight.. but…
http://closedcaptioned.tumblr.com/
to be fair, i have read some textbooks that make about as much sense.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/not_much/4406548789/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDnjV2tGgc
Everyone is doing awesome here. It’s really time or me to get back to work now, though.
Would those annoying “insert song with lyrics!” song videos disappear now?
http://tinypic.com/r/119wg8g/6
http://tinypic.com/r/16itw76/6
UH. Delete this. Plz?
??
This is strangely accurate.
Ugh, I need to get used to this new commenting. Let’s try this again.
Ok, I am delurking to participate in this game. Hopefully this is how you post images?
Alright, the Internet still hates me (totes Karma), so I can’t post a pic, but good news: the HoodieFootie commercial has been closed captioned by the Youtube supercomputer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOXQVnHUko
“That’s the risk of the need of the most likely jury dury”. Finding closed captioned videos is like an early Easter egg hunt! But funny!
Teamwork!
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3594/hfss4.jpg
“The Hoodie Footie Snuggle Suit:
Are you really ready for the scandals?”
Trying again…
FINALLY found a Die Antwoord video with captions.
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/54/die4h.jpg
OH SNAP! SWITZERLAND GOT SERVED!
The captions and the quote at the bottom of the page eerily go together. So Jay was the murderer! Subtle clues, mr. leno, now go to jail.
Now that is odd I definitely posted this way after everyone else and it some how jumped up 1/3 of the page. I am not complaining but GABE you might want to check on this one.
OH! soo close!
“Yes, I have a gun but I don’t know how to use it.”
[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/seuf6c.jpg[/IMG]
Just trying to post a picture using this old thread no one will probably read.