Help Translate the Google Docs Video on DotSUB

By leelefever on September 21, 2007 - 3:55pm.

• Categories:
• clientproduction
• dotsub
• google
• language
• paperworks
• plainenglish
• transcript
• video
• Comments: 4

We've been friends and fans of dotSUB since we first started making video for The Common Craft Show.  They make it easy for videos to be translated into multiple languages via subtitles. 

The RSS in Plain English video has been translated into 20+ languages on dotSUB. A truly useful and innovative service.

I've gotten permission from the Google Docs team to share the Google Docs video on dotSUB so it's acessible for the hearing impaired and our non-English speaking friends.

Wiki Video in Multiple Languages via DotSub

By leelefever on May 31, 2007 - 10:47am.

• Categories:
• cooltools
• dotsub
• language
• lesson
• show
• video
• wiki
• Comments: 0

Just after posting our first video on RSS , I learned a few valuable lessons:

1. Video is inaccessible for the hearing impaired

2. Video is not easy to translate into other languages

3. There is a new site that addresses both of these issues called DotSub .

DotSub makes it easy for me to transcribe the spoken words into text subtitles. Then, once the subtitles exist, it enables DotSub members to voluntarily translate the text into other languages and post the video to their blogs. This makes videos international and more accessible - for free.