There are a large number of entertainment applications available for both Windows and Android and other operating systems, including many streaming applications that we can access from Spain. Artificial intelligence can be a great addition to all of these.
Many applications of this type, such as YouTube, have some functions that use this technology to offer the user exclusive options. VLC, the popular application for playing video and even streaming content, may be one of the next to integrate this type of functions.
Specifically, it would be an incredibly useful addition, which would be capable of creating live subtitles for any video being watched through the use of artificial intelligence, so it could also translate them instantly. This could be of great help when watching something in another language or if you have some type of hearing problem.
Automatic subtitles
The video application has decided to present some new features at the CES in Las Vegas that is currently being held. One of them consists of the automatic subtitle generation and translation for videos that are playing. Something that is great news for those who usually use this app.
For this, different artificial intelligence models will be used, and the company has announced that the idea is that these will run directly on the computer and without an Internet connection being necessary. In this way, there is no need to send the content to external servers, and the process can be carried out completely privately.
VLC automatic subtitles generation and translation based on local and open source AI models running on your machine working offline, and supporting numerous languages!
Demo can be found on our #CES2025 booth in 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, although it has not been specified which ones. In the same way, although this demonstration has been carried out, There has been no talk about when a similar function could arrive to users.
Of course, this is something very interesting, since it can be of great help to people who are watching content in other languages, since they will not depend on the existence and downloading of subtitles to be able to correctly understand what a content is saying. video. It is unlikely that this new feature will come with a paid subscription, since it is an open source app, although nothing is confirmed in this regard.
