
The new Prime Video feature is only available with the English dub of Maxton Hall for now.
The new Prime Video feature is only available with the English dub of Maxton Hall for now.
Amazon’s Prime Video is launching a new AI-powered feature that lines up an actor’s mouth with “human-dubbed” audio. Thefeature is only availablewith the English dub of the German seriesMaxton Hallfor now, but Prime Video plans to expand it to “additional titles” in the future.
In its announcement, Prime Video says it uses a combination of AI and visual effects technologies to make lip movements match up with translated speech.MetaandYouTube recently launchedan AI-powered auto-dubbing feature for creators, while allowing them to turn on a “lip sync” option to make it look like creators are actually speaking in a user’s preferred language.
Last year, Prime Video beganexperimenting with “AI-aided” dubbingin English and Spanish across 12 movies and TV shows, includingEl Cid: La Leyenda,Mi Mamá Lora, andLong Lost. The streamer’s lip-sync dubbing is currently available for seasons 1 and 2 ofMaxton Hallfor subscribers around the globe, and will launch with the show’s third season coming December 9th.