How to generate live captions, as well as translated captions on your windows 11 machine
A buddy mentioned that he wished he had the time to learn Japanese properly and was able watch Japanese shows without any subtitles. I suggested to him why not just auto-generate for shows that did not have subtitles, it helps him practice it too. So I decided to share the close-caption and auto-translation workflow as below, hope this helps anyone looking for a solution. Step 1: you will need a windows 11 computer / laptop (if you have a certified Copilot laptop or computer the steps are easier, just use the live captions app natively to translate). Step 2: open Live captions app on your windows 11 computer and download the desired language you wish to translate (japanese, chinese, etc) the app needs the files to properly 'listen' and 'show' the captions of whatever video you're playing on the screen. click on change language click on the drop down menu to the left of the 'continue' button to select your preferred language as below the language will be...