Mission Archives - Amara Accessibility Media

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

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

Comic Strip | Amplifying Voices: An ‘I Belong’ Adventure | In 5 Languages

Amplifying Voices, an initiative of the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), is building a more inclusive media ecosystem. Using its Amara technology, Amplifying Voices brings together volunteer translators, content and community partners, and funders to ensure everyone has a voice, is able to share their truth, learn from one another, and belong. English | Amplifying Voices: An ‘I Belong’…

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Inclusion and Belonging

The red tale of literacy in Eastern Europe: my language devotion

My relationship with Eastern Europe, where I was born and raised, can best be described as “It’s complicated.” I am where I am now mostly despite, rather than because of, where I am originally from. At least, that’s what I think today. Political climates and social oppression disturbs our relationship with language in brutal and…

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Mission

Working with translators and subtitlers from around the world: fun and challenges

This year I’m completing 6 years working as a project manager with Amara On Demand. Over those years, I had and continue to have the pleasure of working with people from all around the world – both from the internal Amara team and from our team of linguists. Today I want to share a little…

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Culture and Appreciation

Why translation and localization are important parts of my path in life

Making media content available and accessible gives people like me the choice to explore and learn regardless of language barriers. It makes us all more connected, because when we can understand each other’s media, we are closer to understanding each other too.

Culture and Appreciation