Google has proposed a new experimental service that can automatically dub videos into another language. ‘Aloud’ is the name of the service. Other than that you only read subtitles in Dutch under an English-language video, you will soon also be able to hear the Dutch language.
Breaking through the language barrier
Google has a team called Area 120 that focuses entirely on releasing experimental apps and services. If they turn out to be a success, they will be followed up within Google. †old‘ is one such new project and the goal is to break the language barrier for content creators on YouTube.
When you make videos on YouTube, the language barrier is a real barrier if you want to reach a wide audience. With the androidworld channel for example, we would prefer to make Dutch videos, even though we would reach more people if we made our videos in English. You can make videos in both languages, but that is very time consuming. Aloud wants to solve that problem for creators by automatically dubbing videos in different languages.
How Aloud works
Youtubers only have to provide a transcription of the video in the original language. Aloud then translates that text into other languages and is then read aloud by a voice. According to Google, the service uses advanced translation and speech technology. We know, of course, that Google has built up a lot of experience in that area with projects such as Duplex and LaMDA. It is about technology that makes an artificial voice sound natural.
Aloud looks like a typical word processor where you type your transcription. Once the transcription in the original language is ready, you can check the translation in the other language first before dubbing the video. This way you can adjust translation errors. The result of a dubbed video discover you here† It is an English-language video from Google that was dubbed in Hindi.
availabilty
Aloud is free, but for now the service only works with Spanish and Portuguese. You can only have English-language videos dubbed into those two languages. The intention is that there will be support for more languages soon, but it is not known when the service will work with Dutch. YouTube already offers a function that allows you to read subtitles in your language under foreign-language videos. Those subtitles are also generated automatically.
Are you making videos yourself and would you like to use the service quickly? Register here for early access† If Aloud is successful, we believe it may be possible to integrate the service directly into YouTube as a feature. Google is not the only company that releases experimental apps, because Meta recently launched two new services.
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