Building access to global information through subtitles, captions, and localization
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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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,…
There are a lot of reasons to add captions and/or subtitles to your videos; these 5 are our favorite. #1 – Accessibility and inclusion This is our number one top reason! In order to watch, understand, and/or learn from video content, viewers who are Deaf or hard of hearing rely on captions. And this group…
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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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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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Marketing videos have skyrocketed in the last few years, and rightly so. People consume video content more than before. For marketing and advertising companies, using captions and subtitles for in-house videos or for client videos could bring in more customers and reach new markets. More importantly, it helps everyone get with the times: today accessibility…
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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.
