Vox Akuma Tests Live Translation Subtitles in NIJISANJI EN Stream
The test stream signals Vox Akuma's intent to use real-time translation subtitles in regular solo broadcasts, a move aimed at serving his international fanbase, including over 1.2 million bilibili followers.
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NIJISANJI EN's Vox Akuma ran a test stream on August 7 featuring real-time translated subtitles. His English speech was automatically translated into Japanese and Simplified Chinese, with the captions displayed on screen. He adjusted settings with viewers and plans to use the feature in future solo streams, acknowledging translation accuracy is not perfect.
Vox Akuma, a NIJISANJI EN VTuber, tested live translation subtitles during a stream on August 7, with his English speech auto-translated into Japanese and Simplified Chinese on screen. The stream, titled "Listen to my voice with live translation," saw Akuma adjust settings while checking accuracy and display speed with viewers.
He noted the tool used can translate up to two languages at once, and he switched among Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, German, Korean, and Arabic during the broadcast. Akuma acknowledged that long, fast sentences sometimes caused mid-sentence translations or overly long captions, and he stressed that automatic translation is not always 100 percent accurate. He also mentioned that slang and wordplay can be difficult to translate, citing a past experience where human adjustment was needed for a Chinese video title.
Akuma debuted in 2021 as part of the male VTuber unit Luxiem and surpassed one million YouTube subscribers in 2022. He has over 1.2 million followers on bilibili. He said he never imagined such support from non-native English speakers when he started, and he wants to make content more accessible. He plans to use real-time subtitles in solo talk streams, though he noted collabs with multiple speakers could pose challenges.
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