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Amara and “Ghost Work” – A New Book by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri

Amara and “Ghost Work” – A New Book by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri

Ghost Work prominently features Amara On Demand (AOD) as a promising and alternative path for crowdwork.

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A Powerful Superbowl Ad in Spanish – Subtitles in the Wild

If you haven’t seen this PSA that focuses on violence against women, which aired during the superbowl, it’s worth watching. Eme de Mujer, a website of the largest Uruguayan daily newspaper El País, shared the PSA (with Spanish subtitles) in this recent post. At Amara, it always excites us to see videos, such as this,…

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A twitter conversation on Amara usability

Do you agree with @Yasmatin? If so, how can we make Amara (look) easier? See the full conversation on Twitter.

Accessibility and Captioning

NYC Event Tomorrow: Translation-Machination (Feb 27, 2015)

If you’re in NYC tomorrow afternoon, a member of the Amara team will be joining a discussion panel at 3:30 pm, at the NYU event Translation-Machination. This event explores the changing circumstances of linguistic exchange and considers the implications of translation as a language technology from a media theoretical perspective. It’s a free event and…

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Amara Newsletter (Feb ’15): A Fashionably Late 2014 Recap

Most orgs did 2014 wrap ups in the first week of January, but that gets a little overwhelming. We’re doing ours fashionably late instead – please enjoy! Accessibility volunteers, making a difference for others In 2014, we learned about reddit.com/r/CaptionPlease, an amazing community of accessibility-minded folks who caption short videos for anyone who requests them….

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Every Frame a Painting & Satoshi Kon – Subtitles in the Wild

Satoshi Kon, acclaimed director, animator, screenplay writer, and  manga artist, made an impact on filmmakers around the world. In this video, YouTube channel Every Frame a Painting, dissects some of the unique techniques and ideas that Kon pioneered. The video also reviews specific points of influence Kon had in other filmmakers’ films. Daily News Agency,…

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Womany.net & Emma Watson – Subtitles in the Wild

Late last year, at the United Nations, Emma Watson gave an impassioned speech about the launch of HeForShe, a project she’s spearheading along with UN Women. HeForShe calls for everyone to stand behind the concept of gender equality as a human rights issue. Womany.net recently featured the Watson speech in a blog post and the…

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