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This sounds like a great thing for deaf people and just in general, but I don't think AI will ever replace anime fansub makers who have no problem throwing a wall of text on screen for a split second just to explain an obscure untranslatable pun.
Bless those subbers. I love those walls of text.
Translator's note: keikaku means plan
They are like the * in any Terry Pratchett (GNU) novel, sometimes a funny joke can have a little more spice added to make it even funnier
It's unlikely to even replace good subtitles, fan or not. It's just a nice thing to have for a lot of content though.
I have family members who can't really understand spoken English because it's a bit fast, and can't read English subtitles again, because again, too fast for them.
Sometimes you download a movie and all the Estonian subtitles are for an older release and they desynchronize. Sometimes you can barely even find synchronized English subtitles, so even that doesn't work.
This seems like a godsend, honestly.
Funnily enough, of all the streaming services, I'm again going to have to commend Apple TV+ here. Their shit has Estonian subtitles. Netflix, Prime, etc, do not. Meaning if I'm watching with a family member who doesn't understand English well, I'll watch Apple TV+ with a subscription, and everything else is going to be pirated for subtitles. So I don't bother subscribing anymore. We're a tiny country, but for some reason Apple of all companies has chosen to acknowledge us. Meanwhile, I was setting up an Xbox for someone a few years ago, and Estonia just... straight up doesn't exist. I'm not talking about language support - you literally couldn't pick it as your LOCATION.
For all their faults, Apple knows accessibility. Good job Timmy.
That still happens? Maybe wanna share your groups? ;)