Google announces it will soon be possible to automatically generate subtitles for movies available on YouTube. The service will be based on the technology of automatic speech recognition (ASR) that is currently used by Google Voice.
Some sources suggest that YouTube is going to launch a new service – renting movies online.
The information appeared in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal. Google is in talks with big movie producers. YouTube wants to persuade industry giants such as Lions Gate, Sony, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros to rent their movies through YouTube.
YouTube decided to facilitate watching movies on high-resolution monitors. YouTube XL is a new service that enables easy navigation from a long distance.
YouTube has started to show video ads at the beginning of the selected clips.
This type of ads are quite popular on the Internet. The principle is very simple - you must watch an advertising clip before the selected video. All ads are limited to 30 seconds, but YouTube does not recommend ads longer than 15 seconds.
Google announces it will soon be possible to automatically generate subtitles for movies available on YouTube. The service will be based on the technology of automatic speech recognition (ASR) that is currently used by Google Voice.
