System and Method for Translating Timed Text in Web Video
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsKenneth Harrenstien, Greg Millam, Yuji Sunouchi, Toliver Jue
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Abstract
This invention relates to translating timed text in web video. In a first embodiment, a method automatically translates timed text for web video. The method includes receiving a request identifying a web video from a client. In response to the request, a timed text track for the web video is retrieved from a timed text database. Each timed text track in the timed text database specifies text to display at particular times in a video. Text from the timed text track is automatically translated to a target language. Finally, the translated text is sent to the client to display with the web video.
Claims17
A method for automatic translation of timed text for web video, comprising:
- (a) receiving a request identifying a target language from a client;
- (b) in response to the request, retrieving a timed text track for the web video from a timed text database, wherein each timed text track in the timed text database specifies text to display at particular times in a video;
- (c) automatically translating text from the timed text track retrieved in (b) to the target language;
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- (d) sending the translated text to the client to display with the web video.
A system for automatic translation of timed text for web video, comprising:
- a timed text database that stores timed text tracks, wherein each timed text track specifies text to display at particular times in a video;
- a machine translator that automatically translates text;
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- a timed text server that, in response to a request identifying a target language from a client, retrieves a timed text track from the timed text database, communicates with the machine translator to translate text from the timed text track into the target language and sends the translated text to the client to display with the web video.
A method for providing an interface to translate automatically timed text for web video, comprising:
- (a) presenting a first menu, the first menu including an first option to translate to a default language and an second option to define a source and target language;
- (b) presenting a second menu to define the source and target language when the user selects the second option;
- (c) receiving a user's selection of the source and target language in the second menu presented in (b) when the user selects the second option;
- (d) sending a request for a translation including a target language, wherein the target language is the default language when the user selects the first option, and wherein the target language is the target language selected in (c) when the user selects the second option, wherein the request further includes the source language selected in (c) when the user selects the second option;
- (e) in response to the request, receiving a timed text track including text automatically translated to the target language, wherein the text is translated from the source language selected in (c) when the user selects the second option;
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- (f) displaying at least a portion of the timed text track with the web video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.