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Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by evandrofisico »

BoredPositron wrote: post #24
notkaiho wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried? It's a genuine "skilled labour" job, both the translation and the voice acting.

In which country? Germany and France put some effort in and it’s still not great most of the time but most languages dub only in 1 or 2 voices for all characters. Just look at the ridiculous long credits of Netflix shows.

Brazil has a long history of dubbing, not only translating but also localizing tv shows and movies. In some cases the shows are actually better dubbed, because the voice actors are better at emoting than the original cast.

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by IndySun »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #2

Unlike other methods of automation, AI is replacing human beings too fast. And before you say, "new jobs will be created" -- look at history. After the computer, new jobs have been created, but what kind of jobs? Every year, we are becoming more entwined in wage slavery as the wealth accumulates at the top and jobs become more meaningless. So, no, new jobs will not be created, except the kind of jobs that crush the h…

>...new jobs will not be created, except the kind of jobs that crush the human spirit into oblivion...

AI certainly means everyone will be able to create 'art' and as a result we'll have more art than we know what to do with, music and images are already confetti, soon so will full length 'films/movies'. That leaves anyone who can actually sing, paint, play, dance, in prime position to take up those mantles.

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Post by pizza234 »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #2

Unlike other methods of automation, AI is replacing human beings too fast. And before you say, "new jobs will be created" -- look at history. After the computer, new jobs have been created, but what kind of jobs? Every year, we are becoming more entwined in wage slavery as the wealth accumulates at the top and jobs become more meaningless. So, no, new jobs will not be created, except the kind of jobs that crush the h…

This is a fallacy called "Lump of labour fallacy" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy).

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by bsaul »

chompychop wrote: post #11
RIMR wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a subjective statement. If you disagree with it, counter it. Asking for a citation doesn't make sense here.

How is it subjective? Can't terms like "replacing" and "fast" be quantified by metrics related to rates of unemployment and adoption of AI systems for tasks previously manned by humans? I'm not saying the data is readily available, but I do see a route to objectively measuring this.

« It’s too sweet » falls into the same measurable phenomenon, and yet remains highly subjective

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by pizza234 »

Kiro wrote: post #13
vouaobrasil wrote: post #2

Unlike other methods of automation, AI is replacing human beings too fast. And before you say, "new jobs will be created" -- look at history. After the computer, new jobs have been created, but what kind of jobs? Every year, we are becoming more entwined in wage slavery as the wealth accumulates at the top and jobs become more meaningless. So, no, new jobs will not be created, except the kind of jobs that crush the h…

Strange submission to post this comment on. It's not like translating and dubbing videos is the highest form of labor.

Voice acting (dubbing) is acting, which is a "high form of labor". In some languages/countries, most of the dubbing is performed by a few extremely good voice actors.

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Post by pizza234 »

BoredPositron wrote: post #24
notkaiho wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried? It's a genuine "skilled labour" job, both the translation and the voice acting.

In which country? Germany and France put some effort in and it’s still not great most of the time but most languages dub only in 1 or 2 voices for all characters. Just look at the ridiculous long credits of Netflix shows.

Italian voice actors are extremely good (although I personally don't like dubbing at all).

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by CyberDildonics »

tourmalinetaco wrote: post #29
CyberDildonics wrote: post #20

Is this using an open source text to speech model or is it going out to some other internet service?

It can use Whisper which is open source, although optionally it can also use GoogleSpeech.

I took a look and that seems to be speech to text / speech recognition but not text to speech.

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by blacksmith_tb »

BoredPositron wrote: post #24
notkaiho wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried? It's a genuine "skilled labour" job, both the translation and the voice acting.

In which country? Germany and France put some effort in and it’s still not great most of the time but most languages dub only in 1 or 2 voices for all characters. Just look at the ridiculous long credits of Netflix shows.

Anime dubs from Japanese into English are often quite good, even idiomatic (I am sure there's some license taken, say for something like >, but the overall result is much better for it).

Re: Open-source tool translates and dubs videos into other languages using AI

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Post by ZoomerCretin »

pizza234 wrote: post #34
vouaobrasil wrote: post #2

Unlike other methods of automation, AI is replacing human beings too fast. And before you say, "new jobs will be created" -- look at history. After the computer, new jobs have been created, but what kind of jobs? Every year, we are becoming more entwined in wage slavery as the wealth accumulates at the top and jobs become more meaningless. So, no, new jobs will not be created, except the kind of jobs that crush the h…

This is a fallacy called "Lump of labour fallacy" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy ).

Calling something a fallacy does not mean it truly is one. I have not seen strong evidence that there is not a "lump of labor" in extremely high-rent countries like the US.

For a sufficiently small period of time, there absolutely is a "lump of labor". If I were to go into a county with robots and rent them out to employers for 1/4 of the wage of their current employees, and they all fired their employees and accepted my robots, do you really believe that all of ex-employees would be able to find work again within 6 months? Or even 70% of them? What about their new wages? Do you think these new jobs would pay as well? I have a hard time believing that to be the case.

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