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ItsjustMe

(11,814 posts)
Sat Oct 8, 2022, 06:36 AM Oct 2022

Use live captions to better understand audio

A new app in Windows 11 allows deaf or hard-of-hearing people to view text of the audio in videos. (Live captions is only available in Windows 11, version 22H2)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-live-captions-to-better-understand-audio-b52da59c-14b8-4031-aeeb-f6a47e6055df

It's not perfect, but it works pretty well. I suspect it will get better over time.

I recorded two videos of it in action.

https://pomf2.lain.la/f/ifyb9v7i.mp4

https://pomf2.lain.la/f/grmnt1ez.mp4

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Use live captions to better understand audio (Original Post) ItsjustMe Oct 2022 OP
This could be extremely useful canetoad May 2023 #1
It's funny that I got my first reply on this 6 month old thread ItsjustMe May 2023 #2

canetoad

(18,267 posts)
1. This could be extremely useful
Tue May 2, 2023, 02:22 AM
May 2023

Thank you for sharing it.

I've just downloaded and set up Live Captions, started a drama video on VLC player (it doesn't have subtitles) and the captions worked perfectly; synched with video, customisable look, colour, size.

Excellent!

ItsjustMe

(11,814 posts)
2. It's funny that I got my first reply on this 6 month old thread
Tue May 2, 2023, 05:19 AM
May 2023

Another favorite app of mine is voice typing, it's not perfect, but it works pretty well, it saves me a lot of time.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-voice-typing-to-talk-instead-of-type-on-your-pc-fec94565-c4bd-329d-e59a-af033fa5689f

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