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If you've ever viewed one of the hundreds of videos on this sight and wished you knew what they were saying, then this is the guide for you! Below I've laid out two methods for automatically adding subtitles in any language to the video of your choice. But before you get started, please be aware of the following:

  1. Machine translation and voice recognition technology still have a long way to go. You'll often find the subtitles don't make sense or are missing from parts of the video.
  2. Quality is dependent on the video content. A single person talking in a quiet room will translate well, different people talking in a room with background music will translate poorly, and people talking in a crowded public place won't translate at all.
  3. Both of these methods require effort.  A single video usually takes 10-20 mins but can often take 45. Pick videos that are reasonably short and have good sound quality to start with. Alright, here we go...

 

Method 1: YouTube

Google has created an AI that will analyze videos uploaded to YT and add subtitles. Once added, they can be translated using the toolbar in the video player. It should go without saying any videos you upload would be for your personal use only.

Strictly speaking, much of the content on Omorashi.org violates YT's Terms of Service. Nudity and fetish content are specifically banned. There is always a chance YT will find the videos you upload inappropriate and remove them. What's acceptable seems to vary, there are many videos of people being desperate to pee, wearing diapers, and even wetting themselves that have stayed up for years. If you're smart about what you upload you won't have problems.

  1. Create a new Google account. This will be exclusively for uploading videos.
  2. Find a video that's only a few minutes long and has good audio with people speaking clearly.
  3. If there's any sex, nudity, or obvious adult content then trim it from the video or YTs bots will spot it. On PC you can use the Video Editor app.
  4. Upload the video to YT. Make sure the video is set to private and is age restricted. You are the only one who will watch this video. Don't share the link.
  5. Wait. The subtitles are not added immediately, the AI has to generate them. I've had videos get subtitles in less than an hour while others took several days. If it's been a week and subtitles still don't show up then the video quality was too poor and the AI can't generate them. Try a new video.
  6. Open the video, turn on subtitles, choose automatic translation, choose the language of your choice.
  7. Enjoy!

 

Method 2: IBM Cloud

I'll be honest, providing a step-by-step guide for this method is taking me longer than expected and I'm tired. For now I'll say this method is quicker and more reliable than YT but is limited to video clips less than 6 min and can only output the subtitles into a text file. This method also avoids having to edit out adult content.

If you know how to extract audio from a video and can trim it to the appropriate size and length then this is the site you want to upload to. It will create subtitles in real time as the audio clip plays and you can then copy/paste those into any translation site. It's not a great solution, but the AI is less picky with audio quality and you don't have to wait several hours.

Edited by Geomutsu
Provide tags and addendum to second method. (see edit history)
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"You could also try using google's live transcribe app and playing the video through a speaker to that "

Yup, that'll work too. I've found it only works for maybe 30 seconds at a time though, probably because it was designed for actual speech rather than an audio file. Also it's awkward having to play an omo video at high(ish) volume so the mic can pick it up. Not an option unless you're home alone!

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