YouTube has started rolling out automatic captions for Hindi videos, a much delayed expansion of its speech recognition-aided subtitles since the feature was launched in 2010. The automated subtitles could open up millions of Hindi language videos to viewers who are hearing impaired.
Hindi subtitles have been available on the platform on videos where creators have specifically chosen to add them; but YouTube hasn’t offered a convenient way to automatically caption Hindi videos. Since creators on YouTube have to pay for professionally created and timed subtitles, many do not commission them.