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16/12/2015
BBC Debuts New Virtual Voice-Over Technology
The BBC has announced it is to pilot new 'virtual voice-over' technology, which it says could change the face of its international broadcasting.
The new production tool will provide voice-overs and subtitles in a number of different languages for short video news packages online, by using automatic translation and synthetic voice technology.
The Japanese version of the pilot is now available on bbc.jp.
A demonstration, in English, can be viewed here.
The tool, built by BBC News Labs, amalgamates existing technologies and allows a single editor to generate multi-lingual voiceovers on top of an existing video package and script. The script is translated automatically, edited by a journalist, and converted into a computer-generated voiceover. As the project develops automatic subtitles will be added.
The pilot will be available in Russian and Japanese, and will allow audiences for those services access to more video news packages, while the BBC hones the technology. The initial pilot will run until April 2016.
James Montgomery, Digital Development Director for BBC News, said: "I'm very excited about this trial. The BBC has some of the best original journalism in the world, with correspondents around the globe. Technology like this means we can bring more of our international journalism to more people."
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
(JP/MH)
The new production tool will provide voice-overs and subtitles in a number of different languages for short video news packages online, by using automatic translation and synthetic voice technology.
The Japanese version of the pilot is now available on bbc.jp.
A demonstration, in English, can be viewed here.
The tool, built by BBC News Labs, amalgamates existing technologies and allows a single editor to generate multi-lingual voiceovers on top of an existing video package and script. The script is translated automatically, edited by a journalist, and converted into a computer-generated voiceover. As the project develops automatic subtitles will be added.
The pilot will be available in Russian and Japanese, and will allow audiences for those services access to more video news packages, while the BBC hones the technology. The initial pilot will run until April 2016.
James Montgomery, Digital Development Director for BBC News, said: "I'm very excited about this trial. The BBC has some of the best original journalism in the world, with correspondents around the globe. Technology like this means we can bring more of our international journalism to more people."
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
(JP/MH)
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