Background
Most major media outlets in the US broadcast in English. This hampers the flow of information to immigrant communities who are a sizable portion of the electorate but speak languages other than English at home.
New technology transcribes, translates and captions videos into different languages – immediately at a very affordable price. Americans Vs Trump used this technology today, to translate testimony from the impeachment hearings into Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Process
- The raw video clip in English is uploaded to be translated.
- The video is transcribed and manually edited if needed.
- The languages to be translated into are chosen.
- Captions are automatically added to the output video file.
- Translated videos shared on social media and with public media outlets.
Watch the video in ENGLISH or SPANISH.
Takeaway
New real-time, affordable software makes sure that all voters get the facts. Learn more here.
Deepak
Co-Founder, DemLabs
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