Automatic translation (voice or captions) for Crimson Circle videos

Real-time voice translation

Real-time voice translation can help capture speech and live conversations instantly. The free Google Translate app for Android or iPhone/iPad can be especially useful if you are watching a webcast on your computer or TV. This app allows your mobile device to listen to the English audio and translate it separately.

Google Translate app

1. Open the Google Translate app.
2. Select English as the input language and your preferred language as the output language.
3. Tap the microphone icon.
4. Tap Transcribe.
5. Select Conversation.
6. Tap Start to begin the translation.
7. Place the phone close to the original sound source and begin the webcast.
8. Use headphones connected to the phone to listen to the translation. 
9. NOTE: If the headphones are wireless and auto-pairing with your computer/TV, turn off the Bluetooth on your computer/TV to ensure that they will pair with your mobile device instead.

Some important details: use Conversation mode rather than Listening mode. In our tests, Conversation mode worked much better for keeping the spoken translation going continuously. 

You may also want to close out of the app after each session, then open it and start fresh for the next session to ensure that the memory does not get overloaded.

There is a slight delay between the English audio and the translated voice, and now and then the translation may miss a word, get the grammar a little tangled, or briefly lose its rhythm. But overall, in our tests, we were able to stay with the flow of the session and understand the message quite well.

The Google Translate app is still an automatic translation, so it cannot replace a human interpreter, especially with some of the unique Crimson Circle language and nuances. Still, we thought this was worth sharing because it may give you a much better way to experience events live in the language of your choice.

Live captioning

Live captioning is a useful feature that can help you better understand spoken English, depending on the browser you're using. By turning on this feature, you'll be able to see captions of the spoken words in real-time as they're being spoken. This can be particularly helpful if you're watching a live-hosted Cloud Class without live translation.

NOTE: To translate captions to your preferred language, please check each browser, as not all offer this option. Please note that current technology still falls short in terms of quality and accuracy when translating into other languages.

To take advantage of this feature, select your browser or device from the list below:

• Chrome
• Edge
• Safari
• Android Smartphone
• iPhone and iPad
• YouTube (inc. voice translation)

Chrome

If you’re watching the Shoud webcast or a Cloud Class video in the Google Chrome browser, you can now have Chrome generate English captions for you as well (and translate them into other languages). 

1. In the Chrome browser, click on the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner of the window

2. Select Settings

Once in Settings, select Accessibility (1) and turn on the toggles for Live Caption (2) and Live Translate (3). Make sure you select the language you want the captions translated into (4).

After that, return to the video and press the play button. If the captions do not appear automatically, navigate to the upper-right corner of your Chrome browser and click on the musical note icon. The captions will then appear at the bottom of the screen.

Edge 

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Open system preferences for captions, and turn on the Live captions toggle.

You have now enabled the Live Captions feature in the Edge browser. You can start using the live caption feature immediately without restarting the browser.  

Safari

1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Live Captions to enable them.

2. Choose your language in the dropdown menu. (This feature is currently in beta; English is primarily offered now.)

The Live Captions window appears automatically on the screen, but it's also automatically hidden if no audio is detected. If you want the Live Captions window to always be visible on the screen, click the Live Captions icon in the menu bar, then choose Keep Onscreen.

Note: 

• The first time you turn on Live Captions, language data is downloaded to your Mac. You must be connected to the internet.
• By default, Live Captions transcribes audio from all apps, but it's not yet available to translate into other languages.

If you would like to find out more, you can visit Apple support.

Android smartphones

This is also possible on Android phones (Android 10 or newer). To turn Live Caption on/off on your phone:

1. Press the volume button

2. Under the volume controls, tap the Live Caption button

When Live Caption is turned on, captions appear for English speech using any media playing on your phone. (For Android version 9 or older, you may need to enable this feature in the Accessibility options within Settings.)

iPhone and iPad

For a more detailed description, please go to Apple support.

1. Go to Settings  > Accessibility > Live captions (beta).

2. Turn on Live Captions, and then tap Appearance to customize the caption text, size, and color.

3. By default, Live Captions are displayed in all apps. To get Live Captions only in some apps, turn on apps under the Live Captions within the apps section.

You can also download apps for live captioning on iPhones and other devices. Just do a search for “Live captions” in the App Store.

For specific iPad instructions, please visit Apple support.

YouTube

All videos posted on the Crimson Circle YouTube channel have, at minimum, auto-generated English captions. 

Additionally, YouTube offers the option to translate captions in real-time and, for some videos, auto-dub the voice.

To use this feature, open a video on YouTube and follow these simple steps:

Captions only

1. Click on the Closed Captions button (CC) in the bottom right corner of the video frame

2. Click on the gear icon next to the CC button

3. Click on the Subtitles/CC option in the pop-up menu and select Auto-Translate

4. Pick your language from the dropdown list.

Auto-dub

1. Click on the gear icon in the bottom right corner
2. Click on "Audio track"
3. Select your language (note that not all languages are available, and not all videos will offer this option, as it is a feature controlled by YouTube)