There are a large number of entertainment applications available for Windows, Android and other operating systems, including many streaming applications that we can access from Europe. Artificial intelligence can be a great complement to all of this.
Many applications of this type, such as YouTube, have certain functions that use this technology to offer the user exclusive options. VLC, the popular application for playing videos and even streaming content, could be one of the next to integrate these types of functions.
More specifically, it would be an incredibly useful addition, which would be able to create live subtitles for any video watched through the use of artificial intelligence, so that it could also translate them instantly. This could be a big help when watching something in another language or if you have a hearing problem.
automatic subtitles
The video application has decided to present some new features at the CES in Las Vegas which is currently being held. One of them consists of automatic generation and translation of subtitles for videos currently playing. This is great news for those who usually use this application.
For this, different artificial intelligence models will be used, and the company has announced that the idea is that these will work directly on the computer and without the need for an Internet connection. This way there is no need to send the content to external servers and the process can be carried out completely privately.
Automatic VLC subtitle generation and translation based on local and open source AI models running on your machine running offline and supporting many languages!
The demo can be found on our #CES2025 booth at Eureka Park. pic.twitter.com/UVmgT6K4ds– VideoLAN (@videolan) January 8, 2025
As for the translation itself, the company claims that it is compatible with a large number of languages, without specifying which ones. In the same way, although this demonstration was carried out, It's unclear when a similar feature might arrive to users.
Of course, this is something very interesting, since it can be of great help to people who watch content in other languages, since they will not depend on the existence and downloading of subtitles. titles to be able to correctly understand what the content says. video. It is unlikely that this new feature will come with a paid subscription, since it is an open source application, although nothing is confirmed in this regard.
