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Re:Show HN: Gemini LLM corrects ASR YouTube transcripts by jazzyjackson on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:09PM (#42239696)
Well. The legal complaint was that transcripts don't exist. The issue was that it was prohibitively expensive to resolve the complaint. Now that transcription is 0.1% of the cost it was 8 years ago, maybe the complaint could have been resolved.

Is building a ramp to meet ADA requirements not using technology to solve a legal issue?

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Re:Show HN: Gemini LLM corrects ASR YouTube transcripts by delusional on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:22PM (#42239801)
Nowhere on the linked page at least does it say that it was due to cost. It would seem more likely to me that it was a question of nobody wanting to bother standing up for the videos. If nobody wants to take the fight, the default judgement becomes to take it down.

Building a ramp solves a problem. Pointing at a ramp 5 blocks away 7 years later and asking "doesn't this solve this issue" doesn't.

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Re:Show HN: Gemini LLM corrects ASR YouTube transcripts by pests on Monday November 25, 2024 @04:10PM (#42240244)
Yet this feels very harrison bergeron to me. To handicap those with ability so we all can be at the same level.
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Re:Show HN: Gemini LLM corrects ASR YouTube transcripts by fuzzy_biscuit on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @09:03AM (#42245820)
Right. The judgment doesn't help people with disabilities at all. It only punishes the rest of the population.
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