Not long ago I had an idea that might help some of us out with having closed captioned internet video. I did some research and it's evident that there are many people concerned and even a little upset about this issue. Now I'm not talking about illegal internet videos here. Many of the major TV networks now now stream or allow you to download their TV shows. Here's a link to more information about that:
http://online.wsj.com/public/articl...183-xl82RGdXOkUmKIv4wkUoawKWus4_20061125.html
Some steps have been taken on this issue. The best I've seen is hulu.com. You can go there and watch TV episodes that are closed captioned. Not many of them but some. For example the shows HOUSE, Who's smarter then a 5th grader and Kitchen Nightmares will show closed captions on their site.
Anyway not long ago I started looking for a programmer that might be able to help make my idea for a subtitles player a reality. I finally found one and some our efforts are starting to show results. It's not near perfect yet but it's working to some degree. Still got a lot of tweaking to do thought so it'll take some time.
Now for the reason I'm making this post. I'd like to ask what you think of what we've done so far. I'd also like to ask if you have any suggestions to please let me know.
Now heres the idea. It's actually a separate video player but it doesn't play videos. it only displays the subtitles. Picture it almost like a small karaoke screen that just displays the words of the subtitles. Now you can open this and drag it over your browser below the streaming video you are watching. The hard part here is getting the subtitles to match the timing of the video. There's also the issue that many online TV videos also contain commercials. So you'll have to pause the subtitles when the commercials come up. But this timing issue is one of the things we are working on right now.
So that's the basic concept. What do you think? If you have any thoughts or suggestions I'd love to read them.
Ron Jaxon
http://online.wsj.com/public/articl...183-xl82RGdXOkUmKIv4wkUoawKWus4_20061125.html
Some steps have been taken on this issue. The best I've seen is hulu.com. You can go there and watch TV episodes that are closed captioned. Not many of them but some. For example the shows HOUSE, Who's smarter then a 5th grader and Kitchen Nightmares will show closed captions on their site.
Anyway not long ago I started looking for a programmer that might be able to help make my idea for a subtitles player a reality. I finally found one and some our efforts are starting to show results. It's not near perfect yet but it's working to some degree. Still got a lot of tweaking to do thought so it'll take some time.
Now for the reason I'm making this post. I'd like to ask what you think of what we've done so far. I'd also like to ask if you have any suggestions to please let me know.
Now heres the idea. It's actually a separate video player but it doesn't play videos. it only displays the subtitles. Picture it almost like a small karaoke screen that just displays the words of the subtitles. Now you can open this and drag it over your browser below the streaming video you are watching. The hard part here is getting the subtitles to match the timing of the video. There's also the issue that many online TV videos also contain commercials. So you'll have to pause the subtitles when the commercials come up. But this timing issue is one of the things we are working on right now.
So that's the basic concept. What do you think? If you have any thoughts or suggestions I'd love to read them.
Ron Jaxon