![]() ![]() ![]() Already, six languages are supported: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and French. While Facebook provides automatic closed captioning for on-demand videos in 16 languages, and just announced similar capabilities for Instagram IGTV, access to live, real-time news and information is still a need to be met.įacebook AI researchers and engineers jumped into action and have now made live video content more accessible by enabling automatic closed captions for Facebook Live and Workplace Live. “Video captioning is critical for people like me in the deaf community during a public health emergency,” explains Brenden Gilbert, a production operations engineer at Facebook. ![]() According to the World Health Organization, over 5% of the world’s population – or 466 million people – have disabling hearing loss, and that is projected to increase to over 900 million by 2050. It needs to be available to the hundreds of millions of people in the world who are deaf or hard of hearing. While there is no shortage of information, not everyone can access it. Audiences for newscasts and government briefings have also ballooned as the public seeks updates on the outbreak, travel guidance and personal hygiene advice to protect themselves from getting sick. Messaging, voice and video calling have surged in recent months during the COVID-19 pandemic as people around the world check in with family, friends and colleagues. ![]()
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