Hi, May be we can create a basic video in English, publish the transcript and then depending on the kind of resources available with the localization teams they can decide whether to redo the whole video or just create a MP3 and merge.
I have some experience with Screen Cast tools, can help out. Thanks. Anvay Lonkar +65 94659245 On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Rosana Ardila Biela <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I think that it is a good idea to localize everything. I know it's much > easier to just redo the voice, but I guess that for a lot of users it's > better to see how the function they're about to use is called. What we could > do is write a manual to do and localize screen casts. So if there's an > original storyboard you can record everything in your language, the > documents created for the original screencast can also be reused. What do > you think about that? > > I would ask some volunteers to help me test the screen cast software, so we > find something that works for everybody and that some community members can > offer support for. > > Anyone interested in localizing or creating screen casts out there? does > anyone have experience with open source screen cast software? > > Regards, > Rosana > > > On 07/31/09 19:22, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > >> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:51:54 -0500, Florian Effenberger < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Alexandro, >>> >>> Well if the video is transcribed, then it could be used to have a >>>> voice over. What I mean is generate a new mp3 with the localized voice >>>> and merge over the original video. This can be a way to loclize the >>>> video. The only problem is we need to host the master video so the >>>> quality of the video compression doesnt deteriorate the localized >>>> version. >>>> So my guess is we could host a master copy of the video without the >>>> youtube compression. >>>> >>> >>> good point - I think this should be no problem. The issue is, however, >>> that the English video will feature English "screenshots", if the program is >>> concerned... >>> >>> Florian >>> >> >> Yeah that can be an issue but I think is less of an issue than the voice. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Sun Microsystems GmbH Rosana Ardila Biela > Nagelsweg 55 StarOffice / OpenOffice.org > 20097 Hamburg Marketing Intern > Germany Phone: +49 (0)40 23 646 722 > http://www.sun.de Fax: +49 (0)40 23 646 750 > mailto:[email protected] > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 > Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 > Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
