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OldBaldy1701E

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1. But hey, technology is better with more A.I.! (sarcasm intended)

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:25 AM

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What I find funny is how they think they are saving money by getting a machine to do it, yet the data centers that they will need to do this job can cost more than hiring an entire state's worth of people to do it.

Hysterical.

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I use closed captioning because I am severely hearing impaired, and sometmes the captions [View all] tblue37 Thursday OP

But hey, technology is better with more A.I.! (sarcasm intended) OldBaldy1701E Thursday #1

Or not. Perhaps at this point just really, really sad. Biophilic Thursday #2

Yes. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #3

Yup. Biophilic Thursday #7

The language recongition melm00se Thursday #20

LOL! applegrove Thursday #4

I sometimes used closed captioning because the audio is poor or absent bucolic_frolic Thursday #5

I think a lot of us play this game for one reason or another rurallib Thursday #6

Good ones! MLAA Thursday #8

Brilliant! Just give TACO the "pullet surprise". He lays tons of eggs and he'll never know the difference! marble falls Thursday #9

The same issues arise when providing transcripts for the videos that I post here. TexasTowelie Thursday #10

Ha! Me, too. pandr32 Thursday #11

My favorite CC was "Patsy Baloney" for WH atty Pat Cipollone during Jan 6 hearings wishstar Thursday #12

I came here to say this. That was just hilarious! Scrivener7 Thursday #14

I wonder how they would have treated the daughter of R.I. Politician "Buddy" Cianci DFW Thursday #18

We use closed captioning all the time. I turn it off only for sports. Emile Thursday #13

My wife and I use them too, even though I wear hearing aids. I've read that closed captions are widely used for a number Martin68 Thursday #15

I use them also... joanbarnes Thursday #16

My wife has the same problem and we often use CC. patphil Thursday #17

I can't recall what show it was but there was an early scene where a guy goes out to light a bonfire chowder66 Thursday #19

My favorite was....gang green..... dixiegrrrrl Thursday #21

I use it with some British or Irish shows, because even though they're speaking English, JustABozoOnThisBus Friday #22