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 <Jwalsh(a)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
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