Amara - Universal Subtitle

1. Web tool UNIVERSAL SUBTITLES
Website http://www.universalsubtitles.org
YouTube tutorials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xit2f2ojEhw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tP_NU9a5pE
Description Amara (Universal Subtitles) is a subtitle creating tool which gives individuals,
communities, and larger organizations the power to overcome accessibility
and language barriers for online video. The tools are free and open source and
make the work of subtitling and translating video simpler, more appealing,
and, most of all, more collaborative.
− Captions make videos accessible for viewers who are deaf or hard of
hearing
− Translations make it possible for all of us to watch video in languages
that we don't speak
− Video creators get: better SEO, more views, access to a far bigger
(potentially multilingual and global) audience, accessibility for deaf
and hard of hearing viewers, and more
Amara is composed of three main parts:
− A subtitle creation and viewing tool (aka the widget)
− A collaborative subtitling website
− An open protocol for subtitle search/delivery
Step-by-step guide 1. Sign up and log in
2. Start subtitling videos giving the URL path to a video you want to subtitle
3. Give a language of the video and the language of the subtitles you make
4. Type the text in the box (to make it easier, the programme will stop every 4
seconds)
5. Synchronize your subtitles with the words you hear
6. Check your work to remove all the mistakes etc
7. Submit your work
Possible use Subtitling for better understanding of the language you teach, homeworks,
helping disabled students
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