We have some incredibly exciting news to share with you today. Vidby has recently engaged in a groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI, receiving a grant that is set to take our platform to a whole new level. The future of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vidby.com/video-translation">automated translation services </a>and dubbing services is about to undergo a remarkable transformation!With the power of ChatGPT, vidby will be able to provide highly accurate translations that capture the nuances of languages, making your content more accessible to a global audience. Additionally, the advanced natural language processing capabilities of ChatGPT will enable smoother and more human-like dubbing, ensuring that your videos maintain their authenticity and impact across different languages.We understand the importance of staying ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, and our collaboration with OpenAI is a testament to our commitment. By harnessing the groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence, we aim to provide you with tools that not only meet your expectations but exceed them.We know you're eagerly awaiting the upcoming release, and we assure you that it will be worth the wait. The integration of ChatGPT into vidby will bring forth a new era of automated translation and dubbing services, setting a new standard in the industry.As we work tirelessly behind the scenes to finalize the integration, we encourage you to stay tuned for more updates. Keep an eye out for announcements, sneak peeks, and exclusive previews of the enhanced vidby platform. We can't wait to share this incredible journey with you.Together, with Vidby and OpenAI, let's usher in a future where language barriers cease to exist, and content resonates with audiences worldwide like never before.Stay tuned for greatness!The Vidby Team

We have some incredibly exciting news to share with you today. Vidby has recently engaged in a groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI, receiving a grant that is set to take our platform to a whole new level. The future of automated translation and dubbing is about to undergo a remarkable transformation!

Vidby Partners with OpenAI to Revolutionize Automated Translation and Dubbing Platform

Last year, vidby announced its partnership with Google Cloud and gained the status of a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cloud.google.com/find-a-partner/partner/vidby">Trusted Partner</a>. Today, we’re excited to announce another customer-focused achievement of our partnership with Google Cloud — the availability of vidby on Google Cloud Marketplace. Organizations can now purchase and deploy vidby’s AI-powered translation solutions faster and more efficiently using this platform.&nbsp;“We are delighted to announce that vidby is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace which provides us with a fantastic opportunity to support more customers all around the world, giving them greater control over costs, faster procurement, consolidated spending, and quicker deployments. If you are a corporate client of Google, you can reach out to us and we will offer you special terms of collaboration. This is just the first step of our sales integration. We are going to develop cooperation with Google and YouTube that recommended our technology for translation of multilingual audiotrack channels,” says Denys Krasnikov, vidby’s US Representative responsible for strategic partnerships on the US market.<h3>What is Google Cloud Marketplace?</h3> Google Cloud Marketplace is a premier platform that offers a diverse range of trusted and powerful business applications to enhance productivity, collaboration, and efficiency. It serves as a hub for companies like ours to present services in an easily discoverable manner, ensuring that businesses of all sizes can find and integrate solutions that best fit their needs.Explore vidby on Google Cloud Marketplace <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/vidby-public/vidby?project=manifest-surfer-380912">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/Dizajn_bez_nazvaniya_36_8729ee8046.png" alt="Дизайн без названия (36).png" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_Dizajn_bez_nazvaniya_36_8729ee8046.png 245w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_Dizajn_bez_nazvaniya_36_8729ee8046.png 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_Dizajn_bez_nazvaniya_36_8729ee8046.png 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_Dizajn_bez_nazvaniya_36_8729ee8046.png 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure> &nbsp;

Organizations can now purchase and deploy vidby’s AI-powered translation solutions faster and more efficiently using this platform. 

Vidby Expands Google Cloud Partnership With Marketplace Availability

The Covid pandemic of 2020 and the shift to remote work had marked the ascendance of Zoom software for online meetings. Today, it remains one of the most widely used instruments. Recorded Zoom meetings are an important part of the corporate workflow. Learn how to make these recordings even more useful with captions and subtitles.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/1_401903024f.jpg" alt="how to add captions to Zoom recordings" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_1_401903024f.jpg 245w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_1_401903024f.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_1_401903024f.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_1_401903024f.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure>With the advent of remote meetings, online webinars and conferences, online communications tools like&nbsp;Zoom have come to the fore. It is relatively easy to use, but it is hard to keep tabs on everything that arises during those meetings, which is why they are recorded. The issue of adding subtitles to recordings of those meetings and webinars regularly comes up. Let’s talk about&nbsp;how to add captions to Zoom recordings and much more.<h2 dir="ltr">How to record Zoom meetings and download them if you’re not the administrator</h2>If you are not a Zoom meeting’s administrator, you cannot officially record and download it. However, there are numerous screen recorder tools available online. If you need to record a company&nbsp;meeting or a webinar to refresh your memory later, use such a tool to create a downloadable&nbsp;recording. Once you have the recording, you can move to Step 2 of the algorithm below.<h2 dir="ltr">Add subtitles to your Zoom recordings using an auto-caption generator</h2>If you administer the Zoom meeting, your job is even easier. Just follow these steps.<h3 dir="ltr">Step 1 – Record and Download your Zoom Meeting</h3>Record the meeting within Zoom software, no external tools necessary. Just don’t forget to hit the Record button before the meeting starts. To download the recorded meeting, follow these steps:<ul><li dir="ltr">Sign in to your Zoom web portal</li><li dir="ltr">Click on the Recordings on the left-hand side navigation bar</li><li dir="ltr">Find the recording you want to download and select the checkbox next to it</li><li dir="ltr">Tap on the dotted line and click on the Download&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><h3 dir="ltr">Step 2 – Submit Your Zoom Recording for Transcription</h3>Choose an online service for transcription. Vidby has an AI-powered transcription service with several tiers of quality. And with our new subscription plans and monthly credits, even Free users can get 50 minutes of video transcribed for free every month.&nbsp;Upload your&nbsp;video to the platform, select the subtitle/caption option and receive your video back with a transcript in your&nbsp;account.&nbsp;<h3 dir="ltr">Step 3 – Order Captions Encoded Into Your Recording</h3>If you use vidby for your&nbsp;Zoom recording captions, you don’t even have to order separately that the captions are encoded into the video file. Simply choose the option “Embedded subtitles” and your video will be delivered to you ready to use.<h2 dir="ltr">Why Use Video Transcripts?</h2><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/2_a874872409.jpg" alt="Why Use Video Transcripts" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_2_a874872409.jpg 245w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_2_a874872409.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_2_a874872409.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_2_a874872409.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000">So, why use video transcripts? There are many reasons, actually. First, they are great for skimming the content of the meeting. Transcripts in digital form are easily searchable. This makes it possible to immediately find the exact moment in conversation you want to refresh in your memory.Video transcripts are also useful because they can be transformed into screen reader-accessible text transcripts required by blind and deaf-blind people. In the US, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2011 mandates that people with disabilities should be given equal access to content. This makes the creation of downloadable transcripts of your Zoom lectures or meetings required by federal law.&nbsp;<h2 dir="ltr">Download&nbsp;Transcript of Zoom Recording</h2>So, we’ve established that the recordings of your Zoom meetings need both the text transcripts and captions embedded in them. With vidby, there’s no extra step you have to make to get a copy of your transcript. When you upload your video for transcription and subtitling, you are given the&nbsp;format options for your downloadable text file. So, just choose the one(s) you need, and receive the file in your inbox.<h2 dir="ltr">How to Add Subtitles to Zoom Recordings</h2><figure><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/3_5740073106.jpg" alt="How to Add Subtitles to Zoom Recordings" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_3_5740073106.jpg 232w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_3_5740073106.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_3_5740073106.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_3_5740073106.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure>There are times when you need more than a transcript and captions. Sometimes you need subtitles in other languages. It may be because you want to share a Zoom meeting recording with your colleagues in other countries. There may be some other reason. Don’t worry! Vidby has a&nbsp;translation feature for your videos. You can order it as part of two bundles – Subtitles and Translation or Subtitles, Translation, and Dubbing. Or, you can just order the transcript in the original language and translate the captions in-house, later turning them into an SRT file.&nbsp;<h2 dir="ltr">Summing up</h2>In today’s remote-first but interconnected world, Zoom is a very useful tool. It can be used to hold business meetings, organize webinars, and much more. Recording Zoom meetings is a great idea because using that recording you can create a text transcript and a new video.&nbsp;Closed captioning of a Zoom recording will make it accessible to those who can’t hear the audio. Subtitling the Zoom recording will do the same for those who can’t understand it. The transcript will be useful in itself, serving as the meeting’s detailed minutes. However you look at it, recording, transcribing and subtitling your Zoom events is definitely a thing you should add to your set of tools.&nbsp;

Learn how to easily add captions to your Zoom recordings with this step-by-step guide by Vidby. Enhance accessibility and engagement.

How to Add Subtitles to a Zoom Recording?

Anyone who has organized or participated in an&nbsp;international conference knows the importance of conference translation and interpretation. Unfortunately, many people still confuse these two different professions into one. Read on to learn about the difference and how vidby can help your next conference efforts.<h2>What is conference interpretation?</h2><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/1_e3b9079169.jpg" alt="What is conference interpretation" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_1_e3b9079169.jpg 244w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_1_e3b9079169.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_1_e3b9079169.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_1_e3b9079169.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> Conference interpretation is a translation of spoken content from one&nbsp;language to another. This includes presentations by speakers, roundtable discussions, panels, negotiations, and meetings. A crucial feature of interpretation is that it takes place in real time. The aim of interpretation is to convey the right meaning of the speaker’s words. Nobody expects the exact word-for-word translation. At the same time, delivering the right meaning is crucial. This is why interpreters must have the nerves of steel and be quick on their feet.&nbsp;A&nbsp;conference translator, on the other hand, works with the written text. They translate the conference materials, handouts, and signage into several major languages. This is done ahead of the event.&nbsp;<h2>Real-Time Interpretation in Action</h2>So, how does&nbsp;real-time interpretation work in a conference setting? Here is the list of things you need to consider as an organizer. First, you have to decide on the number of language pairs. This will depend on your participant roster. Then you have to hire two interpreters for each language pair. This is necessary because simultaneous interpretation takes a lot of effort. Only regular breaks can ensure quality translation throughout the conference.<img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/2_603901d75a.jpg" alt="Real-Time Interpretation" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_2_603901d75a.jpg 244w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_2_603901d75a.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_2_603901d75a.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_2_603901d75a.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> There are also technological issues to consider. What kind of equipment to use? Fortunately, that depends on the conference venue. It may include FM radios or infrared communications. There are microphones for the&nbsp;interpreters, headphones for everyone, and a control hub that brings it all together. The interpreters usually are given special booths. This ensures that their attention is kept squarely on the speakers’ words.<img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/3_dd2e02fba4.jpg" alt="technological issues of Real-Time Interpretation" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_3_dd2e02fba4.jpg 244w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_3_dd2e02fba4.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_3_dd2e02fba4.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_3_dd2e02fba4.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> Interpreters hear the speaker’s voice in their headsets and as the speaker talks, they translate into their microphone. There are different audio channels going from each interpreter to the control hub. From the hub, the translation goes to the audience’s headsets. The listeners can switch channels to listen to the translation in another language.<h2>Live Interpretation at Meetings</h2>But conferences are usually more than just speaker presentations or even roundtable discussions. Many&nbsp;meetings take place on the sidelines, whether it’s a business conference, a science one, or a charity get-together. Live interpretation is usually required for those meetings as well. This is especially true if the participants don’t share a common language. With fewer participants and smaller quarters,&nbsp;meeting translators usually work without equipment. And because meetings usually consist of dialogue, the translation method is not&nbsp;simultaneous but consecutive. The interpreter waits for the speaker to finish the thought and then translates it.&nbsp;<h2>Applying Conference Translation in Business</h2><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/4_fea15b98a0.jpg" alt="Applying Conference Translation in Business" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_4_fea15b98a0.jpg 244w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_4_fea15b98a0.jpg 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_4_fea15b98a0.jpg 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_4_fea15b98a0.jpg 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"> There is another field of application for&nbsp;meeting translation – and that is business. In the globalized world, companies constantly launch overseas expansion efforts and search for partners in new countries. Yes, English is the common languageof international business. But relying on it may hurt the&nbsp;quality of negotiations if it’s not a native language for the other sides. Bringing an interpreter to a meeting with potential business partners shows you respect them. It also ensures that no nuances of negotiations will be lost without translation.&nbsp;<h2>Finding a Conference Translator – for Fraction of the Cost</h2>Interpreting is a very demanding job that requires many years of&nbsp;professional training. Plus, if you hire interpreters for a conference, you need to hire two for each language pair. Subsequently, the cost of their services can be very high. There may also be issues with availability. Especially if you need interpreters with the knowledge of less popular languages. But if you want a conference to be truly useful to all the participants,&nbsp;live interpretation is a must.Fortunately, there is a cost-effective solution from vidby. It’s called MeetUp. It’s an AI-powered app that offers real-time translation in 70+ languages. With MeetUp, even participants with exotic native languages can enjoy a full translation of the conference events or take part in discussions.&nbsp;MeetUp has two modes of operations, for private Meetings and big Conferences. The former enables two people to speak to each other in two different modes. The latter allows up to 50,000 participants to receive translation in 70+ languages. The participants don’t even have to download the app. All that’s required is scanning a specially created QR code. Learn more about&nbsp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vidby.com/meetup">vidby’s MeetUp&nbsp;</a>

Explore the power of conference translation and real-time interpretation. Elevate your events and meetings with seamless multilingual communication.

Conference Translation and Interpretation

We are pleased to announce that starting December 1 , our customers can enjoy new vidby subscription plans. Now, seamless video translation and dubbing services are even more accessible and tailored to the specific needs of our users.While our basic quality options remain open to all clients with a&nbsp; Free Subscription plan , certain advanced functionality will be a part of our&nbsp; Starter and Pro Subscription plans . Everyone can find a plan that aligns with their needs.<figure><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/Vidby_Subscription_Plans_31410c0a0c.png" alt="Vidby Subscription Plans" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_Vidby_Subscription_Plans_31410c0a0c.png 245w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_Vidby_Subscription_Plans_31410c0a0c.png 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_Vidby_Subscription_Plans_31410c0a0c.png 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_Vidby_Subscription_Plans_31410c0a0c.png 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure>If you are just starting out and need quick access to the basic features, you can go with a Free Plan. You'll get 30 vidby credits* that will give you access to all the languages and enable AI-powered translation and dubbing of a certain number of minutes, pages, or words for free.Subscribers can use vidby's credits for various translations of videos and documents. They can allocate available credits as they wish and check the remaining balance displayed in their account.<h2>FREE PLAN</h2><ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Vidby Credits: 30 credits provided</li><li>Watermark: Transparent image or text asserting Vidby's ownership&nbsp;**** (for minimal quality orders fully covered by credits)&nbsp;</li><li>Access to 70 Languages: All available languages accessible</li><li>Download Original: Option to download files in their original format</li><li>Download Subtitles: Available in SRT, DOCX, and TEXT formats</li></ul>30 vidby credits can be used for:<ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Subtitles: 30 minutes</li><li>Subtitles and translation: 15 minutes</li><li>Subtitles, translation, and dubbing: 10 minutes</li><li>Translation of text documents: 30 pages</li><li>Translation of tables: 1,500 words</li></ul><h2>STARTER PLAN</h2>When you see that the Free Plan is not sufficient to meet your goals, you can tap into vidby's Starter Plan.&nbsp;<ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Vidby Credits: 300 credits provided</li><li>No Watermark: Orders won't feature transparent images</li><li>Access to 70 Languages: All available languages accessible</li><li>Download Original: Option to download files in their original format</li><li>Download Subtitles: Available in SRT, DOCX, and TEXT formats</li><li>Templates: Ability to create pre-designed order templates</li><li>Video Editing: Capability to trim unnecessary segments or choose fragments for translation</li><li>Subtitles Customization: Customize and embed subtitles into the final video</li><li>Transcription and Translation Editors: Access to our editing tools</li><li>Voice Cloning: Create a digital copy of real voice&nbsp; (creation and cloning paid separately)&nbsp;</li><li>Zip.MKV Download: Download orders in Zip and MKV formats</li><li>One-Time Order Correction: Make one-time edits of the final order with our specialist&nbsp; (middle, high, and excellent qualities only)&nbsp;</li></ul>300 vidby credits can be used for:<ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Subtitles: 300 minutes</li><li>Subtitles and translation: 150 minutes</li><li>Subtitles, translation, and dubbing: 100 minutes</li><li>Translation of text documents: 300 pages</li><li>Translation of tables: 15,000 words</li></ul><h2>PRO PLAN</h2>As a step up, you can try the Pro Plan designed for professionals. It offers the full range of advanced features:<ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Vidby Credits: 700 credits provided</li><li>No Watermark: Orders won't feature transparent images</li><li>Access to 70 Languages: All available languages accessible</li><li>Download Original: Option to download files in their original format</li><li>Download Subtitles: Available in SRT, DOCX, and TEXT formats</li><li>Templates: Ability to create pre-designed order templates</li><li>Video Editing: Capability to trim unnecessary segments or choose fragments for translation</li><li>Subtitles Customization: Customize and embed subtitles into the final video</li><li>Transcription and Translation Editors: Access to our editing tools</li><li>Voice Cloning: Create a digital copy of real voice&nbsp; (creation and cloning paid separately)&nbsp;</li><li>Zip.MKV Download: Download orders in Zip and MKV formats</li><li>One-Time Order Correction: Make one-time edits of the final order with our specialist&nbsp; (middle, high, and excellent qualities only)&nbsp;</li></ul>700 vidby credits саn be used for:<ul style="font-size:18px;margin-bottom:30px;"><li>Subtitles: 700 minutes</li><li>Subtitles and translation: 350 minutes</li><li>Subtitles, translation, and Dubbing: 233 minutes</li><li>Translation of text documents: 700 pages</li><li>Translation of tables: 35,000 words</li></ul>* The credits can only be used for video orders of Minimal quality&nbsp;We know that many of our clients value the ability to order translations in&nbsp; Middle, High, or Excellent quality.&nbsp; This is why we left this option in all the Subscription plans, including the Free one. You can also use the credits to create a Minimal quality translation and then upgrade that quality to Middle, High, or Excellent for additional payment in any tariff.&nbsp; All unused credits expire at the end of the monthly period.&nbsp;For requests demanding a higher translation quality, longer videos requiring more credits than currently available, or access to services beyond your existing subscription, our&nbsp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vidby.com/prices?__hstc=205882892.acded876e6d55d5ffa4ed6cf4c27ea92.1699019604658.1700841285121.1701081880302.32&amp;__hssc=205882892.3.1701081880302&amp;__hsfp=997960656">calculator&nbsp;</a> remains at your disposal. You can conveniently make additional payments as needed.<h2>HOW TO USE SUBSCRIPTION CREDITS?</h2>Each Subscription plan has a certain amount of&nbsp; credits.&nbsp; Using these credits, you’ll be able to request the necessary services. You have the flexibility to allocate your credits as you prefer. You can use all your credits on a single service, such as Subtitles and Translation, or distribute them across various services you require, like Translation and Dubbing along with Document Translation and any other needed services. When dividing credits among multiple services, Vidby will show your remaining credits in your account for easy tracking.* The credits can only be used for video orders of Minimal quality&nbsp;<figure><img src="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/Vidby_Subscribtion_Credits_6863de581f.png" alt="Vidby Subscribtion Credits" srcset="https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/thumbnail_Vidby_Subscribtion_Credits_6863de581f.png 245w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/small_Vidby_Subscribtion_Credits_6863de581f.png 500w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/medium_Vidby_Subscribtion_Credits_6863de581f.png 750w, https://strapi.vidby.com/uploads/large_Vidby_Subscribtion_Credits_6863de581f.png 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000"></figure><h2>FOR CURRENT CUSTOMERS</h2>To all users who used our paid services in October and November, vidby gives a monthly gift – a subscription to the Pro Plan, which ends January 1, 2024. After the end of the gift subscription, you’ll be moved to the Free Plan with an opportunity to upgrade.<h2>WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO HELP</h2>Are you ready to dive into the world of multilingual opportunities and effective global communication? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://vidby.com/prices">Choose your vidby plan </a>and start sending your message across the linguistic barriers.Don't know what plan to choose? Contact our support team: <a href="mailto:support@vidby.com">support@vidby.com&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;

Now, seamless video translation and dubbing services are even more accessible and tailored to the specific needs of our users.