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They are doing automated voice over now and automated translation of video titles.


huh I don't seem to get it. Do you have a link where I can see it in action?

on edit: am in Denmark, I don't notice any automatic translation of the three languages I see most often - Danish, English, or Italian.

on second edit: but maybe I am just not observing it in action when it happens or maybe I don't watch the kind of videos they do it to - anyway I'd like to see it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVh4xvG1ltY

https://imgur.com/a/HbBWcX8

For the sake of completeness, this is what it looks like in the same account with 2 devices with different languages

This is a best case scenario, it's at least respecting device language* (Which isn't always the case, and the inconsistency adds insult to injury), note translation and dubbing isn't marked when clicking, and both languages are enabled on the account

PD: I take back my other comment, apparently I also get them on videos for my regular feed, apparently by now I just filter it out and ge t ocasionally angry when I realize

* But not really, United States Spanish isn't quite right, and it's jarring even when not comming from an AI Voice


Not all creators enable it (Or take the time / know to disable it, as some report it enables automatically), but it's more common on say Mr Beast or Kurzgezagt, Larger channels that would keep an eye on click troughs

As a point of anecdata, I go out of my way to avoid these, and report them any time I come across them, and now there's been a while I've not gotten them on content I want (But I do get them on some of the default feed YouTube places on home, even if I never interact with them)




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