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YouTube Auto-Subtitle Vs Lovecraftian Languages

YouTube’s Auto-Subtitle function, whilst very impressive, doesn’t cope well with the eldrich tongues of blasphemous creatures that raged and danced upon the Earth before the stars changed and they sank to endless slumber.

Here are some choice attempted examples from HOWTO: Demon Summoning, as the Autotranslator attempts to cope with the Authentic R’lyehan Tongue in the script…

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And if you’d like to see more, watch HOWTO with the subtitle function turned on…

Enjoy, and please do feel free to share your favourites…