LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AIwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down13
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoMost of those closed captions are, or at least were, done by humans. Even live TV. I don’t know if it’s changed recently, but it used to be all humans with a stenotype. Professionals are very good at it.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s been moving toward automation since the 80’s. Almost all of it today has no human hands involved.
Most of those closed captions are, or at least were, done by humans. Even live TV.
I don’t know if it’s changed recently, but it used to be all humans with a stenotype. Professionals are very good at it.
It’s been moving toward automation since the 80’s. Almost all of it today has no human hands involved.