If you've ever watched a video in a foreign language, you may have found the auto-captioning inaccurate. Or maybe you just want to watch videos in your language, and that's totally fine. But did you know YouTube has an auto-dubbing feature?
Yesterday, YouTube confirmed that it's planning a wider rollout for auto-dubbing. First announced last year, this feature allows content creators to generate translated audio scripts for videos. Previously, auto-dubbing was limited to a small group of creators. But now, YouTube will expand its availability to "hundreds of thousands more in the coming months". This implies a much wider A/B testing scope than the previously limited beta testing.
YouTube also plans to add more languages to the auto-dubbing feature. Currently, Spanish and Portuguese are supported. But the platform will also add support for French, Italian and more. As you can tell, this feature can help creators reach more people with their videos. Now, people who watch videos can no longer use the excuse: "I don't understand English".
Besides auto-dubbing, YouTube's Chief Product Officer Johanna Voolich discussed improvements to other features and the YouTube UI. You can check the full blog post for more details. Anyway, is auto-dubbing a feature you would use for your YouTube videos? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned to TechNave for more news like this.
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