Subtitle: Breaking Down Language Barriers with AI-Powered Caption Generation
Ved Prakash Gupta / November 22, 2023
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Let the Words Flow: Automatic Video Subtitling for Global Accessibility
In the realm of software development, breaking down language barriers is crucial for fostering collaboration, exchanging knowledge, and expanding the reach of technological advancements. Subtitle, an open-source AI-powered caption generation project, emerges as a groundbreaking tool that empowers developers to break down language barriers and enhance the accessibility of multilingual content.
Subtitle: An Overview for Developers
Subtitle is an open-source project that utilizes cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and natural language processing techniques to generate accurate and natural-sounding captions for videos in various languages. Developers can seamlessly integrate Subtitle into their projects, leveraging its API to enhance the accessibility and understanding of multilingual video content.
Subtitle utilizes the open-source Whisper ASR model for high-quality speech recognition, ensuring accurate and natural caption generation.
Getting Started with Subtitle
Installation
FFmpeg First, you need to install FFmpeg. Here's how you can do it:
# On Linux
sudo apt install ffmpeg
Clone the Repository: Clone the Subtitle repository from GitHub using the command
git clone https://github.com/innovatorved/subtitle.git.
cd subtitle
Install Dependencies: Install the project's dependencies using the command
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run
You can run the script from the command line using the following command:
python subtitle.py <filepath | video_url> [--model <modelname>]
Replace <filepath | video_url>
with the path to your video file. The --model
argument is optional. If not provided, it will use 'base' as the default model.
For example:
python subtitle.py /path/to/your/video.mp4 --model base
This will run the script on the video at /path/to/your/video.mp4
using the base
model.
Please replace /path/to/your/video.mp4
with the actual path to your video file.
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