Lovely to see them working on, thanks Mike for heading up. FYI http://www.dotsub.com could be another venue for subtitles. I'm not sure on which site our community's preferences go. We could exchange opinions on translator-l later.
Re: need of English subtitles. I fully agree its benefits for translators. Thank you for putting them in advance. I personally think all WMF video should have English subtitled versions along with non-subtitled ones. Even just putting text along the videos like some music videos accompanied by lyrics would be helpful. Cheers, On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Michael Dale <md...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The wikimedia community has started translating some of the videos > using free software tools and uploading to be playback on the site with > the mutlimedia beta. > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nice_People_MEDIUM.ogv?withJS:MediaWiki:MwEmbed.js > > This has a long way to go to match google /youtube ease of translation > and I agree videos posted to youtube by the foundation should include > the English transcripts uploaded so the automatic google thing can do > its magic. > But in terms of our home-brew commons solution we are working with > universal subtitles.org to enable a best of breed open source solution > for collaborative subtitles. ( like translatewiki.net it will probably > take hints from google translate to help transcribers ) > > We should have a more clear roadmap for such efforts after the subtitle > summit later next week: > http://blog.universalsubtitles.org/2010/08/06/open-subtitles-design-summit/ > > peace, > --michael > > On 09/24/2010 09:11 AM, Bence Damokos wrote: >> Hi, >> For localisation purposes can we somehow enable the YouTube captions system >> which would allow human-checked and translated subtitles to be uploaded next >> to the videos? (For that to work, the account owner has to do some magic I >> think under YouTube's settings panels and then an actually intelligent >> English version has to be provided that can than be translated using some >> hidden Google tool.) >> Last I checked the set-up process was a bit difficult to set up, but then >> the actual translation could be done fairly easily. If we choose Youtube as >> a distribution channel, I think we should go the extra mile and utilize its >> internationalization capabilities to truly reflect our values. >> >> Best regards, >> Bence >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> This week the Foundation is excited to be releasing four separate videos >>> shot at the recent Wikimania Conference in Gdansk, Poland. The first video >>> 'Username' is now posted on the WM Commons: >>> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv >>> >>> Later today the Foundation will be releasing the videos on a few other >>> platforms as well, specifically to increase public visibility: >>> http://www.facebook.com/wikipedia >>> http://identi.ca/wikipedia >>> http://www.youtube.com/wikimediafoundation >>> http://vimeo.com/wmfoundation/ >>> >>> I'll be posting more about the links on the Wikimedia blog later this >>> morning (San Francisco time) blog.wikimedia.org >>> >>> And maybe some others. >>> >>> What are these videos? >>> They were originally produced to complement the public outreach work going >>> on now (and in the future) and to provide a short, energetic clip for folks >>> to use in all sorts of presentations. A very good example of that would be >>> in Sue's keynote presentation from Wikimania, which some of you may have >>> seen. We hope everyone in the movement may find them useful, and we're >>> particularly hopeful that they can be easily localized and shared even more >>> widely. They shed a new light on the passionate people behind our projects. >>> >>> Who made them? >>> The clips were created for the Wikimedia Foundation (led mostly by >>> Communications and Public Outreach) by a team that's been working with the >>> Foundation over the past year. They were directed by Jelly Helm, produced by >>> Noah Stanik, shot by DP Reed Harkness, and edited by Sarah Marcus. The music >>> is by Portland, Oregon based musician Matt Carey. The Germany-based film >>> production crew Living Colour was an essential partner in bringing >>> everything together at the shoot in Gdansk, Poland, and Fenton >>> Communications, who have been supporting the Foundation over the past year, >>> were our agency partners in pulling this project together. We also owe the >>> organizers of 2010's Wikimania conference a great deal of thanks for helping >>> us sort out the production on the ground and for letting us borrow >>> participants for short interviews. >>> >>> What's next? >>> The remaining clips will be posted on Commons and other video sharing sites >>> through Friday. Once they're all announced we'll share another note with all >>> of the links. You can follow the progress and hear what the public thinks on >>> identi.ca and twitter. We hope to see the videos make an appearance in >>> media and other blogs too. >>> >>> Hope you enjoy! >>> >>> -- >>> Jay Walsh >>> Head of Communications >>> WikimediaFoundation.org >>> blog.wikimedia.org >>> +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately >>> directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia >>> Foundation and its projects. 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