On 9/15/05, Hywel Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 11:15 15/09/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>At 18:32 14/09/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>>Some bug fixes and modifications have been made to the data set - these
>>are outlined below.
>>
>>2. When audio description is being provided for a programme, this is
>>indicated with an extra AudioAtrributes entry with an AudioLanguage
>>purpose of type 1 (Audio description for the visually impaired):
>><AudioAttributes>
>> <NumOfChannels>1</NumOfChannels>
>> <AudioLanguage purpose='urn:tva:metadata:cs:AudioPurposeCS:2004:1'>E
>>N-UK</AudioLanguage>
>></AudioAttributes>
>
><delurk> Ahh - this reminds me of something I meant to ask ! </delurk>
>
> From other interest areas, I know the Beeb are involved in the W3C "Timed
> Text" initiative. I think one of the contacts is David Kirby in the RD
> section of BBC.
>
>For those of you who don't know, this is an XML format for storing
>"subtitles" or "captions" (if you're in the USA).
>
>So here's a thought : Supposing each broadcast program is subtitled - most
>are, to meet disability guidelines for deaf viewers. How about publishing
>the subtitle files as part of backstage, in W3C TT format (maybe in the
>final draft format until the complete spec is ratified).
>
>Then in the TV data feeds, publish a linkage to the subtitle file. So,
>not actually embedded in the TV data feeds, but as a separate dataset. Now
>we'd have something similar to the google video and "Blinkx" text searches.
>
>I do this on my Captionkit website, but of course it's a manual process to
>enter the captions in the editor.
>
>As the BBC already pay people to create and store this data, it's
>definitely available and I think it would be a massive benefit to publish
>it. If you did that I'd for-sure drum up a demo project in under a week
>(probably a PHP API) to make use of those, and link a subtitle search to
>program information for repeats etc.
>
>Food for thought ?
It's an excellent idea, and technically quite possible.The big hurdle
unfortunately is rights.
Obviously, a broadcaster wouldn't publish subtitles for programmes that
haven't been shown yet - the tabloid press would have a field day
publishing the plot of EastEnders days before it's broadcast!
After/during broadcast? Definitely technically possible and has already
been demonstrated on both pre-recorded and live output, but at the moment
the rights to do so are prohibitive for a public service.
Hywel
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