Hi Ron,
I haven't come across an AI that can do justice to Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic, or MSA) for our patient education videos. As a result, we use a service for script translation, and then fine-tune the final video product with our in-house translators. One of the challenges with MSA is achieving proper pronunciation when using an AI text-to-speech (TTS) voice. We've found that we need to produce a second version of the script that includes diacritics for the TTS AI voiceover.
Also keep in mind that spoken Arabic typically adds to the length of a voiceover (even though the script will be shorter!), so you'll need to lengthen video scenes as well-unless you just go with closed captions. But even then, you need to make sure you're not rushing the reader.
I'm hopeful that AI will get there soon. As it is, we limit our video translations to English, Spanish, and Arabic, as those cover the majority of our patient population. But it would be wonderful to be able to produce a Norwegian or Chinese or Vietnamese version of a video, when needed, in under an hour.
Best,
Michael
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Michael Mueller
Editor, Patient Education
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTN United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-02-2025 12:53 PM
From: Ron Collins
Subject: Post on the IHA AI Discussion Thread about your #YearOfAIChallenge
Hi, Tracy.
My challenge is to find a reliable AI tool to translate our library of educational animations into foreign languages, starting with Arabic and Norwegian. The cost of doing this with a translation service has become unaffordable, unfortunately. Any experience in this area for Nationwide Childrens?
thanks,
Ron Collins
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Ron Collins, M.S.
CEO and Co-founder
Nucleus Medical Media
nmal.nucleusmedicalmedia.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/nucleusanimation
Kennesaw, Georgia
rcollins@nucleusinc.com
Original Message:
Sent: 01-02-2025 10:24 AM
From: Tracy Mehan
Subject: Post on the IHA AI Discussion Thread about your #YearOfAIChallenge
As we have wrapped up 2024, post on the AI: Connect, Collaborate, and Learn Community Discussion about how the #YearOfAIChallenge has been for you. What have you learned? What topics do you want us to cover in 2025?
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Tracy Mehan
Director of Research Translation & Communication
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH United States
tracy.mehan@Nationwidechildrens.org
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