Here Is How Amazon Wants to Improve Machine Dubbing
AWS researchers create a way to train an automatic dubbing system based on bi-directional language data. Using phonemes instead of words resulted in better aligned speech and MT.
Dubbing & Subtitling
Keep up to date with the latest trends in the dubbing and subtitling industry as TV, film, and video games become increasingly international.
Why MrBeast is Launching a Dubbing Company
The world’s most popular YouTuber, MrBeast, has launched a dubbing company targeting creators, as YouTube confirms multi-track audio roll-out.
Disney Investigates Movie Subtitle Translation Leak, Wants Reddit to Identify Culprit
Someone allegedly leaked the Portuguese subtitles to “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” weeks before the movie’s release. Disney is trying to find out who is responsible.
ZOO Digital Adds USD 20m in Market Cap After Signing Major Hollywood Studio Deal
Shares in ZOO Digital rally as media localizer signs a new contract with major Hollywood studio for subtitling and dubbing services and use of its cloud platform.
Large Amazon Study on Human Dubbing Has ‘Surprising’ Implications for AI Dubbing
Amazon reviewed hundreds of hours of Prime content and found that human dubbers prioritize translation quality and speech naturalness over timing and lip sync.
Slator 2023 Language Service Provider Index (Data as a Spreadsheet Download)
Spreadsheet with underlying data for the Slator 2023 LSPI: ca. 350 LSPs, 2022 revenues (USD), growth, ownership, headquarters, and more.
YouTube Rolls Out Machine Dubbing to Indian Healthcare Partners
YouTube announces that Google’s machine dubbing product, Aloud, is available to its healthcare partners in India, making “dubbing as easy as one, two, three.”
Papercup’s Bloomberg Win Highlights Growing Adoption of Synthetic Voices, AI Dubbing
AI dubbing startup, Papercup, just landed a two-year contract with Bloomberg Media — signaling that a broader swath of clients is growing more comfortable with synthetic voices.
AI Dubbing Platform, NeuralGarage, Raises USD 1.45m in Seed Round
Indian visual dubbing startup, NeuralGarage, raises USD 1.45m in seed funding to build R&D, engineering, and product teams.
Zoo Digital’s Stuart Green on Future-Proofing Media Localization
Zoo Digital CEO, Stuart Green, shares vision for future-proofing dubbing and media localization via new talent practices, technology, more flexible facilities.
Indian Machine Dubbing Startup Dubdub Raises USD 1m
Machine dubbing startup, Dubdub, raises USD 1m in seed funding. Finds traction with marketing, creative agencies; sees “strong pull” from production houses, OTT.
How to Become a Netflix Dubbing Provider
Netflix shares what it takes to become an approved audio localization provider for its original series and films under the NP3 program.
This Streamer With Over 100 Million Subscribers Already Uses Machine Dubbing
After sampling over a hundred movies and series, we found evidence of machine dubbing at one of the world’s largest video streamers. AI dubbing reportedly led to a revenue boost.
After 70% Drop in Shares Since 2020 IPO, Ai-Media Bags Google Contract
Ai-Media inks three-year USD 3.5m contract to provide live captions and translation services to Google employees. Deal win provides welcome reprieve after steep share drop since IPO.
YouTube Tests Feature That May Create Netflix-Sized Opportunity for Dubbing Providers
YouTube quietly tests a new multi-language audio feature that would open up a massive new market for professional dubbing if rolled out across the platform.
What Is Respeaking and How Does It Improve Multilingual Subtitles?
Interlingual respeaking combines the best of human and machine technology to produce better multilingual captions and subtitles. Here’s how.
Disney Experiments With Synthesized Voices for Film, Theme Park Voice Assistant
Like its competitors, Disney has partnered with voice tech startups for a Disney+ miniseries and dabbled in text-to-speech promotions; now, the company seeks experts to work in-house.
What to Do About the Talent Crunch in Media Localization
To address the talent crunch in the media localization industry, more universities worldwide need to teach localization skills across multiple languages.
Google Gives YouTubers Early Access to Machine Dubbing
Google opens early-access waitlist for Aloud, its new machine translation and machine dubbing solution built for YouTubers by Google’s in-house incubator, Area 120.
Is Subtitling Really a ‘Dying Art’?
As a leading tech site reports on the ‘dying art of subtitling,’ we unpack why it is anything but — and how LSPs, investors, and streaming giants are focused on subtitling like never before.
Hacker Leaks Personal Data of Nearly Seven Million OpenSubtitles Users
Multilingual subtitle database OpenSubtitles informs users that a hacker demanded a ransom in August 2021 in exchange for erasing users’ personal data and securing the website.
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