Building access to global information through subtitles, captions, and localization
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,…
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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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,…
It’s book day, people! And I’d like to bring you a special World Book Day edition of Liane’s Morning Talks in the Mirror, which is what I call it when I talk to you and myself about myself! Today I want to tell you about the books that had a special influence on me. Books…
A video from a creator from Turkey, sharing a recipe for a classic Turkish dish, with tips and secrets they learned from their matriarch… now available to me, and you, and anyone else with an internet connection. This video showed up as a suggestion in my feed, of course, after I had already watched many…
Put that wanderlust gene variant to good use. When you’re on the train or plane and get bored – grab some Amplifying Voices videos and subtitle them in the languages you speak. Also, tell your friends. When you’re trying to decide which cause you want to support, do it by making sure the message gets out to as many people as possible out there.
