Building access to global information through subtitles, captions, and localization
We were flattered when we found this video on YouTube. It’s by a young woman named Caro, who is very enthusiastic about our project and goals. It’s really motivating to see someone get excited by something you’re working on. Interestingly, one design challenge participant suggested using video as a medium for people (who want subtitles,…
Public media, in the sense of PBS and NPR, in the United States, and many public broadcasters in other parts of the world, usually have missions that are a perfect fit with the goals of captioning, subtitling, and translation. In addition, they often have very supportive audiences that would enjoy helping to make their content…
Mozilla Drumbeat, which is supporting Universal Subtitles as one of their premier open-web projects, is helping us raise funds to build these tools. They are now matching every donation dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000! They are even promoting the project on the front page of mozilla.org right now! We are very eager to get your help…
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We think this is so important, we added a permanent page to the site. In the near future, we’ll go into more detail about why accessibility matters so much to us (and for the internet), but for the moment I’ve copied the text from the page here: Accessibility is the primary motivator behind Universal Subtitles….
Universal Subtitles is organizing a private beta test of the subtitle and translation tools. We need people who are interested in trying the subtitling interface and providing us with feedback. You don’t need any subtitling experience (although it’s ok if you have some—we need both types of people). Fluency in multiple languages is a plus!…
Mozilla Drumbeat has taken Universal Subtitles on as one of a handful of featured projects for 2010. Drumbeat is a project incubator and community; its goal is to ensure the internet remains an open, participatory, and decentralized medium 100 years into the future. Anyone is welcome to join Drumbeat, create a profile, and support projects…
Update: Click here to subtitle your video > Here’s the problem: web video is beginning to rival television, but there isn’t a good open resource for subtitling. Here’s our mission: we’re trying to make captioning, subtitling, and translating video publicly accessible in a way that’s free and open, just like the Web. Our approach: Make…
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