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more than one audio language
RodrigoTarrats We have a base set of videos already created. So technically it is already working. It just isn't available to anyone outside of my specific group within our company, and not released to the employee group for which these videos are intended. Another group is working on translating our closed caption files and utilizing AI text to voice to obtain multi-lingual voiceovers. We are past the proof-of-concept phase and now have multiple groups getting their processes set up to support this. I feel like we have a year, maybe a little less, before we launch the videos for consumption. There is still a lot of work to do to get this library built up.
Edit: I don't see us deciding on a delivery mechanism for a couple months. We have sought out a couple options but haven't had the discussion of specific capabilities and use cases (because we haven't really nailed them down yet. I started looking into solutions that offered multiple audio track capabilities when I stumbled on this thread.
I'm curious if the new audio functionality will allow the end user to simply select a language and have both audio and captions change. Or if they will have to select their audio language and caption language separately.
MicrosoftScottBraun thanks for your prompt response!
I'm curious if the new audio functionality will allow the end user to simply select a language and have both audio and captions change. Or if they will have to select their audio language and caption language separately.
We decided to keep both audio and captions separate from each other to allow for additional flexibility eg. watching a video and selecting a dubbed Spanish track with English closed captions.
As for your timeline a couple of months is all we need to fully roll out to General Availability. I wish I could provide you with a crisper estimate, but you should be able to try Audio Tracks & Descriptions before the holidays. I'm really looking forward to you trying this in your organization, and when you do don't be a stranger and please share your feedback!
Cheers!
- RodrigoTarrats
Hey ScottBraun it's been a little over two months since I last replied, but I just wanted to let you know that we have finished our rollout for Audio Tracks. They should be generally available for you to try out at your earliest convenience.
In case you require additional information, please refer to our support doc. I hope that Audio Tracks enables you to accomplish your video goals in Stream, but if it doesn't, please don't hesitate to share in this forum any feedback or insights you may have for us, as we love to connect with our customers. Thanks again for taking the time to post in the forum!
RodrigoTarrats Thanks for the heads up. I currently have the first batch of videos out for caption and voiceover translation. I look forward to trying out the new feature when I get the translations back. If I have time, I'll try to set up a dummy video to play around with the feature before I start getting translated files back.
RodrigoTarratsWe are getting files up and things are looking pretty good and polished. Some delays in other groups have delayed the launch of our small video library for company-wide consumption. But turned out to be a blessing in disguise. There are a couple things I overlooked/forgotten about and was recently reminded about two big ones.
First thing, We have two English languages (England and US) and two Spanish languages (European and Latin American) Our voiceovers have measurements, so we actually utilize both English languages separately because of Metric and SAE. European and LA Spanish are apparently different enough we have them as 2 different languages in our translations. Would it be possible to have an "Other" on the drop down where we can write in the language? Or can we get EU English and EU Spanish added? This is for both Captions and Audio Files.
Second thing, My upper management is loving the multiple language audio tracks but wondered if I could make sure that the default is US English. I do not see, nor have I been able to find a way to set a default Audio File. It doesn't seem to follow the order I upload, nor does it seem alphabetical. It seems to always default to German for me. Can I set a default or do something cheat the system into picking English upon opening?
Thanks for all your help on this.
Scott