A Novel Approach in the Automatic Generation of Regional Language Subtitles for Videos in English

The usage of videos for communication has increased drastically in recent years. Non-native language speakers and those with hearing impairments, on the other hand, are unable to use this strong medium. Subtitles translate the speech to text and hence it makes the video available for a wider audience which includes those who don’t understand the language and people with hearing problems. With the rapid development of e-Learning technology, geographical boundaries are no longer considered as a major barrier in learning. However, language becomes a barrier in the wave of knowledge globalization. Subtitles in a regional language like Kannada helps to understand concepts better. The major goal of designing the system is to give an automated method for creating Kannada subtitles for videos.