Zubaan: I dubbed my English Shorts into Hinglish (same face, same voice) with open models

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I run a small AI channel, <a href="https://youtube.com/@groundedailab" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grounded AI Lab</a>, for Indian viewers. On 11 October I switched it to Hinglish only, because that's how my audience actually talks. That left four finished English Shorts stuck on hold. Re-recording them meant another evening in front of the camera for videos that were already done.</p> <p>So I bui

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I run a small AI channel, <a href="https://youtube.com/@groundedailab" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grounded AI Lab</a>, for Indian viewers. On 11 October I switched it to Hinglish only, because that's how my audience actually talks. That left four finished English Shorts stuck on hold. Re-recording them meant another evening in front of the camera for videos that were already done.</p> <p>So I bui

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I run a small AI channel, <a href="https://youtube.com/@groundedailab" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grounded AI Lab</a>, for Indian viewers. On 11 October I switched it to Hinglish only, because that's how my audience actually talks. That left four finished English Shorts stuck on hold. Re-recording them meant another evening in front of the camera for videos that were already done.</p> <p>So I bui

Evidence

Zubaan: I dubbed my English Shorts into Hinglish (same face, same voice) with open models

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