Creating access for all

Amara Open Thoughts: Alessandra and the struggle of a hard of hearing loved one

Amara Open Thoughts is a new series powered by the Participatory Culture Foundation and Amplifying Voices, where we share stories, listen to people, and give voice to our global community of change makers. Guest post written by Alessandra Pace, volunteer and translator for Amara On Demand Recently I lost one of the most important people…

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Inclusion and Belonging

English vs. English CC: What’s the Difference?

There are more options in video players than ever. Audio tracks, subtitle tracks, audio description, closed captioning, oh my! It’s hard to tell which subtitle track to use with so many options. But that’s where we come in. We want to make sure that video is accessible to viewers all around the world. More options…

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Captions and Subtitles

Best tools to translate video online

Here at Amara and PCF, we want to make accessibility easier. Because if someone is out there wanting to make the world a more inclusive place, we want to be right beside them saying “Let’s get to work!” Translation is often described as a lonely job and that can make it difficult to explore options…

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Solutions and Tools

Language Spotlight: Aymara

Every once in a while, we like to highlight the languages supported on Amara. New languages can be requested by emailing our support team at support@amara.org and telling them the language name, typing direction, and ISO language code if you have it! Our mission is to make content accessible across language barriers. The more languages…

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Culture and Appreciation

Localization as a gateway for cultural appreciation

The existence of the internet has made it possible for us to be in contact with people from all over the world, people that we might never have had the chance to interact with otherwise. We can be in contact with so many different people and their cultures. The exponential growth in the internet community…

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Culture and Appreciation

English automatic captions and Amara

Hot take: automatic captions are not that cool – auto-magic captions are. Think about it for a second, you’ll get it. Let me help you out. You have lots of stats all over the internet today talking about automatic captions and how cool they can be for accessibility and marketing reasons. I won’t deny that,…

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Accessibility and Captioning

How to add Closed Captions or Subtitles to your MP4 video

The importance of adding closed captions and subtitles to a video is central to our mission here at Amara. So we want to make it as easy as possible! To that end, we’ve put together a quick article on adding closed captions and subtitles to mp4 videos. Read on to learn a few tips and…

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Solutions and Tools