Hi All Thank you for this very interesting info, Mary. By coincidence, Alessio Cartocci's CC player was used for the first time publicly yesterday in http://www.webmultimediale.org/barbara/2007/03/in_my_language.html. It shares some features with the WGNH one, like the possibility to switch captioning languages (his player uses a drop-list instead of a button).
I am copying this answer to the list of the webmultimediale work group, who thus will be able to add more detailed tech info. From the users' side: Anna Veronese and I provided the German, Italian and French captioning texts in the example above, by simply indicating the start time codes in a text file, i.e. without need for special software (I did use MAGpie to make the original set of timecodes: MAGpie is a great help, but not absolutely indispensible, once you've got the hang of the time-coding). These captioning files (1) were then integrated via their URLs in the SMIL file in http://www.webmultimediale.org/flv/inmylanguage.smil, in turn used to produce the player in http://www.webmultimediale.org/barbara/2007/03/in_my_language.html. (1) The captioning texts as we provided them to Alessio Cartocci can be seen in http://noimedia.wikispaces.com/Amanda+Baggs Best Claude Almansi Bcc: Anna Veronese, Luca Mascaro On 08 Mar 2007 12:24:11 -0500, Mary Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CONTACT: > Mary Watkins > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 617 300-3700 voice > 617 300-2489 TTY > > March 8, 2007 > > WGBH Access Division Creates "CC for Flash" to Simplify Captioning for Adobe > Flash Technology > > Accessibility and Search Enhanced by Free Tool; Easy-to-Embed > Flash-Based-Media Player also Available > > Use of Adobe(r) Flash(r) technology to add dynamic and engaging video content > to Web sites is growing exponentially. With WGBH's new solution, developers > are able to more easily add captions in Flash. Now, millions of users who are > deaf or hard of hearing are better able to experience Web-based video in > Flash and search engines are able to capitalize on captions as search > metadata for SWF content. > > WGBH, Boston's public broadcaster and a decades-long pioneer in developing > access solutions to media for audiences with disabilities has created a > component for Flash, CC for Flash, that can be authored into any SWF file for > playback in Adobe Flash Player. The component is easy to use, and freely > available from the NCAM Web site at http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/ccforflash. > > Funding for development of CC for Flash was provided by a grant to WGBH's > Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) from > the NEC Foundation of America, with additional support provided by Yahoo! > > CC for Flash: The Details > > • Uses external files produced in the W3C's Distribution Format Exchange > Profile (DFXP) of the Timed-Text Authoring Format. > > • Imports existing formats such as Apple QuickTime's QTtext, with support for > Microsoft's SAMI format soon to follow. > > • Exposes many of its internal functions through ActionScriptTM language so > that the author can control and customize many of the features. > > • Can play back caption metadata that has been embedded in the video by tools > such as Captionate. > > • Can be linked to any video playback components in Flash or directly to > Netstream objects in the SWF of the FLV file. > > • Allows the author to set the caption display box coordinates and default > text attributes, like background color, text foreground color, font face and > size, opacity, etc., at authoring time. At playback time, any text attributes > that are explicitly defined in the external caption file will override the > defaults. > > • Captions can be added after the video content in Flash is posted, allowing > for flexibility across production and distribution environments. > > • Allows captions to be searched. > > • Comes with an optional player, ccPlayer for Flash, which allows those > unfamiliar with Flash programming to embed video content in Flash into a Web > page with minimal effort. > > • Is compatible with Flash MX2004 (7) and 8 authoring packages. > > A Best Friend for CC for Flash: MAGpie > > MAGpie, NCAM's free do-it-yourself captioning and description application > allows developers to create captions once, and then to output those captions > in multiple formats, including QuickTime, Windows Media, and Real. > > NCAM has now added the W3C's new timed-text format, the Distribution Format > Exchange Profile (DFXP), to MAGpie's caption export options. MAGpie version > 2.0.2 is the only tool available today for authoring DFXP caption files. > With MAGpie and CC for Flash, it's now easier than ever to provide captions > for Flash Player compatible video content. > > WGBH's Media Access Group can also provide Flash caption authoring services > for long-form content not easily handled by MAGpie, and for producers who > would rather outsource their captioning work. WGBH's Media Access Group, > since 1972 the leader in providing captioning and description to the > broadcast, film, educational and online media worlds, is now the first > organization that can provide DFXP captions for Flash presentations. > > About NCAM and WGBH > > The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH > is a research, development and advocacy entity that works to make existing > and emerging technologies accessible to all audiences. NCAM is part of the > Media Access Group at WGBH, which also includes The Caption Center (est. > 1972), and Descriptive Video Service(r) (est. 1990). For more information, > visit access.wgbh.org. > > WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer, the source > of fully one-third of PBS's prime-time lineup, along with some of public > television's best-known lifestyle shows and children's programs and many > public radio favorites. WGBH is the number one producer of Web sites on > pbs.org, one of the most trafficked dot-org Web sites in the world. For more > information, visit www.wgbh.org. > > Adobe, ActionScript and Flash are either trademarks or registered trademarks > of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > -- Claude Almansi v. Cantonale 22 CH-6532 Castione tel. +41 (0)91 829 04 51 cell. +41 (0)76 401 85 69 gruppo di lavoro Noi Media www.noimedia.org Swiss Internet User Group www.siug.ch -- Claude Almansi v. 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