Summary in English

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There's this new feature on YouTube that gives a summary of a video do you think its a good idea to read this before starting the video.

Second question, does anyone know any good caption app to use. Currently using asb player but I'm often times not finding captions for Japanese and the auto generated ones seem to be mistiming the captions.

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<@&1248039856404431062> Summary in English

[valid apex]

The summary is going to be AI generated from AI generated subtitles, it doesn't sound like a good idea

To display autogenerated subtitles you can use Language Reactor, but do only use language reactor only for subtitle displaying and not for any language learning purpose

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Thanks Do you personally use language reactor

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[valid apex]

only for the purpose I described, to display autogenerated subtitles
its japanese dictionaries, parsing, and furigana generation are all subpar

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should I use it to show the kana above the translation then

[valid apex]

No, nor should you display translations

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sorry for not clarifying I was using it for Japanese with Japanese subtitles because I often dont hear the words but know the words, but don't know if this is a good idea

[valid apex]

Using japanese subtitles is perfectly fine, but do be aware that they are often wrong, and as a stage 1 it may be difficult to follow or notice the errors

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I mainly use them looking up words not much else

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sorry for side question but do you know any beginner Japanese channel or should I just consume what seems to me to be just input not really comprehensible

[valid apex]

https://comprehensibleinputwiki.org/wiki/Japanese#Comprehensible_Input_Resources

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I've looked at all them and I have only one channel left, thanks anyway

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I haven't looked in depth into what kind of videos these channels have, but here's some more to try

https://youtube.com/@pekopeko_japanese?si=qnLFRPiCpT2fiBBt

https://youtube.com/@kensanokaeri?si=2iVuJ4AQhrSL0-KJ

https://youtube.com/@okkeijapanese?si=2HUd1OU2kF6IRJ3J

https://youtube.com/@moshimoshi.yusuke?si=GcVZPV-_7rw0NYzg

https://youtube.com/@japanese_tanakasan?si=q08AzuJ0q_2SC_pZ

Miku has less input and more grammar teaching videos with dual language subs, but she also does conversations and has a podcast

https://youtube.com/@mikurealjapanese?si=HdP_76ZL2J1ZmgM1

https://youtube.com/@mikurealjapanese?si=HdP_76ZL2J1ZmgM1

If you haven't checked out #1023440478475141180 You can try checking that thread too. Mostly people post shows and dramas that are easier, but sometimes they also post learning channels

[karmic shale]

yes I believe けんさんおかえり (@kensanokaeri) is a good recommendation for beginners as he speaks slowly and clearly

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Thanks alot. Also do you have anyways to block words because some channels put translations to englsih and I can see them

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I think he's channel is good for passive learning, but active learning is hard to watch his vidos because he puts English subtitles on the screen

[karmic shale]

personally I do immersion on my phone, so either I zoom into the video so the English subtitles aren’t visible or cover them with my finger. if you’re on PC, maybe figure out a way to zoom in or cover them with tape?

one of my favourite channels as a beginner was Daily Japanese with Naoko (you might’ve already watched her vids as she’s listed at that wiki link). she speaks slowly and either has physical objects or images pop up in her videos to make them more comprehensible

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I watched like all her videos unfortunately she doesnt have many

I mainly do vlogs because I watched the beginner content that does things slow like comprehensible Japanese

[karmic shale]

you should definitely check out ‘Japanese with Shun’ then. he has HEAPS of vlog videos and is another personal favourite of mine. he speaks clearly, but at a faster pace than channels targeted for absolute beginners. he also adds the approximate N_ level in the video titles, to give an idea of the level of vocab and grammar used

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I see that with the N levels but I dont think I am even at level N5 so its hard to follow along with the conversation videos but I'll check out the vlog videos, I didnt know he had any vlogs.

[karmic shale]

yeah if you like vlogs, Shun's channel has so many to choose from. he also has occasional translation pop ups for specific vocab, which makes the content a bit easier to follow. check out his playlist and start with the N5 videos, he speaks a bit slower with a lot of pauses in these

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqu4MKiV5q_msliiqZJSEscdPuwUAWG2

honestly it's just part of the process to not understand everything. as long as you're:

• engaged with the content
• noticing words you've learnt or heard before

then imo that's all you need to make great progress

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as for the original question, I don't see why not

I use video summaries extensively and the feature has gone a long way

not sure how much it'd help with ja specifically but I guess you could use it to decide if things are worth watching