<![CDATA[Gizmodo: captions]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: captions]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/captions http://gizmodo.com/tag/captions <![CDATA[Google Adding Automatic Captions to YouTube Videos]]> Google is bringing its Google Voice speech recognition tech to YouTube, creating automatic captions for deaf and hearing-impaired users. Get ready for hilariously incorrect captions!

Because the speech-recognition technology is still a work in progress, Google is launching the automatic captioning service on the YouTube channels of just a handful of partners, including PBS, National Geographic and a few big universities. But the company promises that the technology will improve over time - and it hopes for a much broader rollout.

In the meantime, Google is adding a new "auto-timing" feature to its existing manual captioning service to make it easier to use. Video creators will now simply have to create a text file with all the words spoken in a video and Google's speech recognition technology will take it from there - matching the text to the words as they are spoken. Google hopes this will encourage more users to add captions to their videos.

[AP]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409282&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Caption Contest: Revenge of the Monkey Wrench]]> "What am I doing here? What are you doing here??" [halbot]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5108292&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Caption Contest: 'Free WiFi' Knuckle Tattoos]]> My attempt: "Well, at least they won't get outdated as quickly as my Free Willy tattoo."

Surely, you can do better. [LiveJournal via Gawker]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017700&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Caption Contest: The Google Maps Prius Gets a Speeding Ticket]]> My attempt: "This had better not end up on the internet somehow."

Surely, you can do better. [Treehugger]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Friday Caption Contest: Bill Gates, Bono and Michael Dell Walk into a Bar]]> Have you seen Bono more uncomfortable than this? Caption this picture of him supporting the Dell & Microsoft RED campaign. [Image courtesy Gadgetell]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349044&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Krazy Kaption Kontest: Wearable Power Assist Suit]]>

Do your worst. Winner, as chosen by us, gets an autographed picture of Travis impersonating Joel. – Jason Chen

Wearable Power Assist Suit [Kanagawa via Geekologie]

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