It’s done by an AI computer transcription and untouched by human hands and ears. No company has the manpower available to do human checking of all the transcriptions.
My doctor transcribes her after-visit reports with me using an AI voice transcription tool. It’s fairly accurate, but there a lot of obvious bloopers, some of which are hilarious.
Someday AI will get smart enough to do 100% accurate transcriptions, but, at that point, it will probably be smart enough to realize the best thing it can do is eliminate all humans.
Was the CC set to "Woke"?
The closed captions on youtube can be really bad, also.
That might also be the root of the atrocious grammar.
Newsmax is a small station so I'm sure they could not afford transcribers to provide closed captioning although that may change if they're becoming a bigger network.
A few examples I've noted lately: covert = covid. Cabot Lodge = sabotage. Century city = sanctuary city. Forever gin = Prevagen.
One transcriber I've learned to ID inserts "stomach" every so often and I've never been able to figure out what it's supposed to mean. Often there are no captions for a minute or so, then there's a torrent that would challenge even the fastest speed reader. It's a real problem for us hearing-impaired folks who want to stay informed.
These are voice to text transcriptions. Newsmax is not going to hire someone to do live, real time transcriptions.
They are a second rate production company. They will be for a while.
At least the auto-correct in Edge (marginal use) is not that bad, but inferior to that of Firefox and which you can easily find and edit.
I'll give them a call when I get home.....
They should hire Bad Lip Reading. It might be an improvement.
It costs money. They’ll probably get a better system when they can afford it. Or maybe they just need to speak clearly for the AI.
LOL is Huckabee the new Rush?
Rush Hudson Limbaugh....MMMM. MMMMM. MMMM!!!! (To kids’ Barack Hussein Obama...)
Michael Huckabee...MMMM MMMM MMMM!!!
And people criticize the use of ASL interpreters for news briefs and other public service announcements.
Imagine depending on closed captioning to learn something.
As a former Broadcast TV Producer, I had to pay $500 for each half hour segment that I submitted to the networks. Occasionally, they’d use this lazy AI software and just pocket my money. If you write to the FCC about this ineptitude (and presuming it is not a live broadcast) , while also emphasizing that you are Hearing Impaired, they will give ONE warning to the controllers at the network before issuing heavy fines for a second complaint by you. It’s worth a try.
I know that most of you have stopped watching FoxNews but I still depend on the news they give. I refuse to watch CNN, NBC, et al. for the junk they put out. NewsMax is not on my cable list.
Anyway, FoxNews really frustrates me because when Tucker Carlson gets ready to make an important point, the captions seem to always stop!
GRRRRRRRR!!!!
It’s ridiculous on every television network.
I can understand errors on a live show, but pre-recorded shows are just as bad.
Like the instructions on many Chinese made goods, something gets lost in the translation. I remember one 4th of July me and my friends setting off fireworks. The warning labels on the bottle rockets we had said “light fuse and retire!” :-)
Since I’m hearing impaired I do need the captions to help me try to understand what’s being said
It also keeps Mr Kitty amused when I read what the captions are saying. I find the bad captions to be the best part of many broadcasts
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