5 Steps To Live Translate YouTube Videos | AI Live Captions
If you cannot understand a YouTube video or live stream..
You are not alone!
In this post, you’ll learn 5 easy steps to translate YouTube videos or live stream in real time with AI-powered live captions:
In addition, we share
Let’s dive in.
1. Download & install Akkadu AI live captions software
Go to Akkadu.ai
Download our Windows or macOS application
After the installation, the application should look like this:
2. Create an account
Open Akkadu software then click any button.
It will show below login interface.
Click Register.
Fill up your:
Then, click Register.
3. Select language & click Start
Login with your new credentials.
Go to the “Languages” section.
Select the Original language and Translated language.
💡Akkadu supports more than 90 languages and accents!
Go to “Audio Settings” → “Sound source” section.
Make sure “Computer sound” is selected.
This allows our application to detect and translate anything you listen on your laptop.
(Optional)
Go to “Subtitles Settings”
Choose if you want to see the AI-powered live captions of the:
Finally, click Start ▶️
Notice, the AI live captions won’t show up until the YouTube live stream or video starts.
Let’s do the next step!
4. Open YouTube
You can open YouTube desktop application or YouTube web version.
Tip:
Click the “pin” to make the live captions always show in front of YouTube's interface
5. Start the YouTube video or live stream
As soon as the video starts, you will see the live captions.
For the below example,
That’s it!
Feel free to download Akkadu desktop application here ➡️ Akkadu.ai
🎁 New registrations will get 10 minutes of FREE AI-powered live captions!
Problems and solutions
If you have any of these problems, please check the below solutions:
Problem 1: The AI live captions are not showing
Constantly recognizing but never showing the live captions:
To avoid this problem, make sure:
If the problem still persists, contact us at contact@akkadu-team.com
Problem 2: The AI live captions are showing very slow
The live captions are showing but, they show very slow, with a long delay:
To avoid this problem, make sure:
If the problem still persists, contact us at contact@akkadu-team.com
Problem 3: Akkadu app is not updating to the latest version
After you click “Update”, the app is not updating and the blue button always keeps showing:
To avoid this problem, make sure:
If the problem still persists, contact us at contact@akkadu-team.com
📝 How to obtain the transcription
Every time you use Akkadu AI live captions during a YouTube live stream or video, the transcriptions of the original and translated language are:
Automatically saved!
Follow below 5 steps to get your transcription:
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1. Go to the “Transcripts” section
You will see all your transcripts with the:
2. Select “View”
(Optional)
You can delete the transcription.
Deleted transcripts will be permanently removed from our systems.
3. Choose between the original or translated language
Since the transcription is saved in real time,
you can access to your live transcription even during the YouTube live stream or video.
(Optional)
You can edit the transcription
Notice, editing for one language won’t automatically edit the other language.
4. Click “Export”
If you want to download the transcripts, click “Export”
5. Click “Confirm”
Before confirming, make sure to select the correct:
That’s it!
Feel free to download Akkadu desktop application here ➡️ Akkadu.ai
🎁 New registrations will get 10 minutes of FREE AI live captions!
📈 How to improve the accuracy
You can improve the accuracy of the AI live captions during the YouTube live stream or video,
in just 4 steps:
1. Go to the “Terminology” section
2. Select the Original language
At the moment, you can only improve the speech recognition system.
Make sure the language you select is the same as the Original language in the “Languages” section.
3. Insert words or sentences
The terms that you add will have higher importance and will be more likely to be recognized.
Examples of words and sentences include:
4. Click Save
If you were using Akkadu while doing these changes,
after you click Save, pause and start Akkadu
That’s it!
Feel free to download Akkadu desktop application here ➡️ Akkadu.ai
🎁 New registrations will get 10 minutes of FREE AI live captions!
🔒 Why Akkadu is secure
Privacy
Akkadu prioritizes privacy.
We only store the transcripts of the original and translated language for accessibility, allowing you to access them anytime from any device.
You can delete the transcripts at any time.
Deleted transcripts will be permanently removed from our systems.
Technology partners
Our AI live captions technology partners for speech-to-text and text-translation:
Don’t retain or store any data during the YouTube live stream or YouTube video.
For more details, please contact us.
Servers locations
At the moment, our AI live captions servers are located in the US.
Soon we will open new servers in Europe (Germany) and Asia (China).
That’s it!
Feel free to download Akkadu desktop application here ➡️ Akkadu.ai
🎁 New registrations will get 10 minutes of FREE AI live captions!
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Originally published at https://akkadu.ai on December 20, 2024.