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> I wonder if the fansub community could help? I'm sure they could, but they would first need to be allowed to help. See my other comment: https://news.ycombin
by ggchappell 12y ago
> I wonder if the fansub community could help?
I'm sure they could, but they would first need to be allowed to help. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7724124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7724124
- lisper 12y agoI would be thrilled to have someone volunteer to close-caption my film. In fact, I'd even be willing to pay for it. But AFAICT it's not so easy to do. But maybe you know something I don't.
- IvyMike 12y agoSo I am just a guy on the internet, not an expert, but did you look into using "Amara"? It's not completely clear to me but it seems like it might be possible to get volunteers to do the transcription. They also claim to offer lower cost professional captioning services, too. http://www.amara.org/en/ http://www.amara.org/en/ If you do contact them, please consider sharing what you learn--I'm completely ignorant but willing to learn, and you might help the next guy. Good luck!
- lisper 12y agoNope, never heard of them until now. I'll look into it. Thanks!
- ggchappell 12y agoOr maybe you know something I don't. But consider: captioning is really nothing more than adding a bunch of text boxes to a media file. Each box needs placement (position/size), contents (the text), and timing (start/end). Given even passable software, this would not be difficult -- though it might be quite tedious.