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J. P. Gilliver

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Dec 31, 2023, 11:17:17 AM12/31/23
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I don't know if the auto-generated subtitles are generated anew whenever
you ask for them, so this may vary for you, but I've just turned them on
for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCRtT6_UIQ, and got the most
hilarious random collection of words (and other things).
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Illinc fui et illud feci, habe tunicam?

candycanearter07

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Dec 31, 2023, 6:24:36 PM12/31/23
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On 12/31/23 10:10, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> I don't know if the auto-generated subtitles are generated anew whenever
> you ask for them, so this may vary for you, but I've just turned them on
> for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCRtT6_UIQ, and got the most
> hilarious random collection of words (and other things).

Auto subs are generally not the best.
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J. P. Gilliver

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Dec 31, 2023, 10:47:48 PM12/31/23
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In message <umst7i$1sitj$2...@dont-email.me> at Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:24:34,
candycanearter07 <n...@thanks.net> writes
>On 12/31/23 10:10, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> I don't know if the auto-generated subtitles are generated anew
>>whenever you ask for them, so this may vary for you, but I've just
>>turned them on for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCRtT6_UIQ, and
>>got the most hilarious random collection of words (and other things).
>
>Auto subs are generally not the best.

No (especially if they're doing autotranslate at the same time). But I
can usually see/hear where they're getting what they're showing; for the
above, it seemed to be totally random, sometimes comically so.

I've just tried it again, and it remains ... well, for example, I just
hit pause at 0:35, and am seeing:

"mustang test items couple right arm split boulevard living circle is
fire
summit erase what this is doing long time fred"

- and listening to the soundtrack (I can hear what he's saying fine -
nothing wrong with my hearing when it comes to speech; I just sometimes
put subtitles on so I can pay less attention), I can't relate _any_ of
it to what he's saying.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

You can tell that you are getting old when typing VCR into a document [results
that the spell checker] wants to change it to Vicar.
- Brian Gaff in uk.tech.broadcast, 2016-3-6

candycanearter07

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Jan 2, 2024, 6:54:27 PM1/2/24
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On 12/31/23 21:36, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <umst7i$1sitj$2...@dont-email.me> at Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:24:34,
> candycanearter07 <n...@thanks.net> writes
>> On 12/31/23 10:10, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> I don't know if the auto-generated subtitles are generated anew
>>> whenever  you ask for them, so this may vary for you, but I've just
>>> turned them on  for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztCRtT6_UIQ, and
>>> got the most  hilarious random collection of words (and other things).
>>
>> Auto subs are generally not the best.
>
> No (especially if they're doing autotranslate at the same time). But I
> can usually see/hear where they're getting what they're showing; for the
> above, it seemed to be totally random, sometimes comically so.
>
> I've just tried it again, and it remains ... well, for example, I just
> hit pause at 0:35, and am seeing:

Auto-subtitles are generated on video upload and never change, I think.

> "mustang test items couple right arm split boulevard living circle is fire
> summit erase what this is doing long time fred"
>
> - and listening to the soundtrack (I can hear what he's saying fine -
> nothing wrong with my hearing when it comes to speech; I just sometimes
> put subtitles on so I can pay less attention), I can't relate _any_ of
> it to what he's saying.

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Eli the Bearded

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Jan 2, 2024, 7:40:11 PM1/2/24
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In comp.internet.services.video.youtube,
J. P. Gilliver <G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:
> I don't know if the auto-generated subtitles are generated anew whenever

I suspect generated once and saved.

Here's a video with fun hand-generated subtitles:

https://youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE

"Füür måkkïn dê pöpcørn!"

Elijah
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