need funding for captioning 32 hours of video

Sat Aug 2 16:37:48 UTC 2014

SignWriting List
August 2, 2014

Thank you, Adam, for taking on the captioning project in this way - You are doing an excellent job -

Val ;-)

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On Aug 2, 2014, at 8:11 AM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Basically what will need to be done is making a transcript of what is said. From there I can import the transcript and then add the timing for the captions to show up on YouTube.
> 
> If anyone wants to make a file with the time code for the captions, that would be great too. You can go to http://subtitle-horse.com/index.php to use a caption editor if you don’t have one. Just make sure you send me an SRT file so that I can import that into YouTube.
> 
> Of course, you will have to have the actual video that the captions will be on. There is the full 8 hour videos that can be used, but there will also be shorter videos that I need to do. I probably could take captions from the larger videos to put into the shorter videos, but I think it would be easier to do it from the shorter videos into the larger video. (If that makes sense. Ha!)
> 
> I’m sure that whatever people decide to do (a transcript, a caption of the larger videos, or a caption of the smaller videos) will be fine because it will help me along greatly. SMILE
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Aug 2, 2014, at 7:54 AM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM> wrote:
> 
>> SignWriting List
>> August 2, 2014
>> 
>> Hello Natasha -
>> Thank you for this offer of the idea of volunteered time from your students, and also the offer of your time to find grants and donations to make it happen. This is wonderful.
>> 
>> Sounds like a fun project for them, and very valuable for everyone all around. And a good educational project for your students as well, because they will be learning the techniques of the technology, plus learning the information from the presentations they are captioning…It is a win-win kind of project…
>> 
>> So we will need to work as a team with you Natasha, since our organization needs to provide you with the videos to caption, and to give you information as to what needs to be captioned next and so forth…
>> 
>> So yes, let’s work together… the information will be coming...
>> 
>> And thanks for all you do too!
>> 
>> Val ;-)
>> 
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>> 
>> On Aug 2, 2014, at 6:50 AM, Natasha Escalada-Westland <blushash at COX.NET> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Val and List!
>>> 
>>> I have had great success getting students involved in projects in the past.  Perhaps the editing and captioning is something I could get a group of middle school students to work on as a service learning project?  I will also try to involve other teachers with ASL students and Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to join us.  Contact me with details and I will work on grants and donations to make this happen over this school year!
>>> 
>>> Thanks for doing all you do!
>>> 
>>> Natasha Escalada-Westland
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
>>> SignWriting List
>>> August 1, 2014
>>> 
>>> Dear SignWriting List -
>>> 
>>> Our non-profit organization here in the US generally runs on a shoestring…in other words…very little money …we just manage from month to month and year to year and we are still here 40 years later!
>>> 
>>> So we plan to stay around another 40 years at least - so no worries ;-)
>>> 
>>> But at least for me, it is more fun to write sign language than to write grants - I am sure you all agree?
>>> 
>>> That does not mean I have not done my share of grant writing - I have. And we have hired grant writers before too…but generally we have survived on small donations from family, friends, and local small grants…
>>> 
>>> Well, maybe the SignWriting Symposium can help us raise funds. Because with more funding we can reach more people and do more cool projects! ;-)
>>> 
>>> Right now we need funding to pay for captioning 32 hours of video, and probably create some smaller videos from the larger ones - so that each presentation has its own individual video which will be placed on your Presentation web pages…
>>> 
>>> If you know of anyone interested in helping, please tell them about this web page:
>>> 
>>> Donate to SignWriting Symposium
>>> http://www.signwriting.org/donate
>>> 
>>> I am still creating the materials to explain why the funding is needed, but I think anyone can figure out that 32 hours of video is a lot of video, and captioning it will take a team of people -
>>> 
>>> For those who have already created your transcripts of your own presentations - thank you! Your donation of time is much appreciated -
>>> 
>>> Val ;-)
>>> 
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