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Thoughts about online video, accessibility, captioning, subtitling, internationalization
overstreamnet-blogIt’s Time To Retire Dick Clark
I know, I know. How could I possibly besmirch an American icon? But was anyone else scrambling for the closed captioning menu? There will be those that take this as an attack on anyone with a disability, but that is not where this is going. I have a read more
post/5910a9bfbb647bd330b1c17298d6131e" target="_blank"But Wait There's More... The Slap Chop
Insomnia is really an awful thing and most likely one of the things that has attributed immensely to my addiction to television. From time to time, it haunts me and I will lay in bed watching TV, all the while trying to decipher the closed captioning read more
post/05cf2d6631bf1332b33cd81551f7ac96" target="_blank"Our dog food is better
Eating one’s own dog food, especially in software companies, refers to using one’s own products internally. At the very least, it tests a company’s belief in the strengths of its offerings. Which is why it pleases us to no end that read more
post/fc14f48239d0f95b44039c0bef71f6f8" target="_blank"More Online Captioned Videos and iTunes
It’s hard to find captioned or subtitled videos online. Came across two good resources: www.Harkle.com billc.vodpod.com by the awesome Bill Creswell (http://billcreswell.wordpress.com) 2GuysTalking go on the hunt for captioning. iTunes has an o read more
post/a06899352104a3eb3f1cac1720862a41" target="_blank"SubPLY
Deborah alerted me to a service that does subtitling. SubPLY is offering to do free captioning of YouTube videos. That’s a big job to make such an offer, but I’m sure it’s temporary to help promote the service.... read more
post/e09204ea500b44aee7cf826b2dd8fcc7" target="_blank"Skitching that Image Captioning Itch
I was talking to a friend about the new setup I have around my MacBook, she asked me how happy I was with it and I responded in glee. After then I told her she was the reason I decided on a Mac, or at least, it was an application she often showed m read more
post/5a7a3fbd758e7f9f6c6208e6ddd09286" target="_blank"Someone has to Type Close Captions on TV
Yup. This is a work from home job, typing closed captions on the Television. There are several places that hire to do it, and you can apply at all or any of them and have a job typing at home all day. You will need high speed internet and a phone li read more
post/bc6102befe0a0f780487779b1923d1c9" target="_blank"Merry Christmas!
See our new fireplace? No muss, no fuss...(No smell, no heat, either.)Yule Log, originally uploaded by Adventures of Pam & Frank.We were channel surfing late Christmas Eve and wondered what this show was.This is the Yule Log tv show, originally u read more
post/afb9e7607ff8aa615b06f8004e27bb8e" target="_blank"Caption This: Corvette ZR1 Braving Snowy Detroit Freeways [Captio…
An illustrious reader captured this privately owned Corvette ZR1 slopping around Detroit’s snowy I-275 just south of the infamous mixing bowl interchange. Considering the ridiculousness of this image, we thought you might enjoy captioning it. T read more
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