PROJECT TOPIC

Automatic Subtitle Generation for Sound in Videos

TEAM MEMBERS :
B. SAI LOKESH
11B81A0574 Ph.No: 7207399023

M. SATYA VAMSHI
11B81A0587 Ph.No: 8801027918

J. SURYA PRAKASH GOUD
11B81A05B0 Ph.No: 7207279144

ABSTRACT

The last ten years have been the witnesses of the emergence of any kind of video
content. Moreover, the appearance of dedicated websites for this phenomenon has
increased the importance the public gives to it. In the same time, certain individuals
are deaf and occasionally cannot understand the meanings of such videos because
there is not any text transcription available. Therefore, it is necessary to find
solutions for the purpose of making these media artefacts accessible for most
people. Several software propose utilities to create subtitles for videos but all require
an extensive participation of the user. Hence, a more automated concept is
envisaged. This thesis report indicates a way to generate subtitles following
standards by using speech recognition. Three parts are distinguished. The first one
consists in separating audio from video and converting the audio in suitable format if
necessary. The second phase proceeds to the recognition of speech contained in
the audio. The ultimate stage generates a subtitle file from the recognition results of
the previous step. Directions of implementation have been proposed for the three
distinct modules. The experiment results have not done enough satisfaction and
adjustments have to be realized for further work. Decoding parallelization, use of well
trained models, and punctuation insertion are some of the improvements to be done.