Building access to global information through subtitles, captions, and localization
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.
May the Force be with you, beautiful humans! Especially those who powered CERN, headbanged at Wacken, wrote on Wikipedia, and built the International Space Station. If you’re wondering how on earth all of those things mentioned above go together, I’ll explain. In today’s Liane’s Morning Talks in the Mirror, I want to talk about our…
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The other day, my nephew who is almost 2 years old, visited us with his mom, and was obsessed over the tomato plant I have at the front of my house. This tomato plant was accidental, meaning it just showed up on my snake plant vase, after I used some home made compost on it….
We’ve already given tips on how to transcribe quality captions, but what exactly is transcription? And what is the difference between captioning and transcription? We’ll answer these questions and more while giving you a quick guide on how to transcribe closed captions with quality and confidence! What is Transcription? Transcription is the process of capturing…
Let me explain. As usual, on my Liane’s Morning Talks in the Mirror, I’ll start with a story. Hearing and reading stories was my childhood. I grew up in a part of the world where, every Saturday, everyone would gather around the oldest tree in the village and… you guessed it: share stories. One year,…
When I was a kid, there was a haunted house in my grandma’s village. One of those houses where we, as adventurous kids, would challenge each other to go in and take a peek. No one ever made it past the front door, which was always open. At least, that’s how I remember it. My…
Hi, I’m Aleli. I’m the Chief Operations and Sustainability Officer at Amara and PCF.
Today is the third Thursday of May, which means it’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day. A celebration that holds a personal significance in my life.
