Hello! As part of the /KDE For All/ accessibility goal [1], KDE is now
adding subtitles to videos, including translations.
Will your team join us in making KDE's videos accessible for all?
Recently Johnny Jazeix, GCompris contributor and leader in the
mentorship programs SoK/GSoC, expanded the existing subtitling workflow
so that the translation team is involved. Once translations are
completed, posting videos in more languages is now more or less automatic.
By subtitling videos and providing translations, KDE's media can reach
more people and more communities around the world.
So how does it work?
The creator of the video uploads the SRT (subtitle formatted file) in
English to Invent along with a short configuration file. Translators
then translate the SRT into different languages. These translations will
gradually be uploaded to both PeerTube and YouTube. For details about
creating video subtitles using Kdenlive and uploading them to
invent.kde.org, see this page at the community wiki:
* https://community.kde.org/Video_Subtitles
The whole process may take several days, as different translation teams
work in different time zones and work at different rates. For examples
of videos using the system on both platforms, see the following:
* https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/3moubSFAnn6n5UAQoyuetW
* https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/3Sb8KKCmdQcPgoQsyK24YE
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlQR0ymisE&t=31s
The Krita team has already begun using this workflow [2], and we would
like to involve more and more of KDE's teams in this effort.
For support, please reach out to the community at:
* https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kde-www:kde.org
For translation support, please see the wiki page:
* https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/translation
Thanks to Johnny Jazeix and Paul Brown for their excellent work in
making this possible.
Cheers,
Joseph
[1] "Add video subtitles":
https://invent.kde.org/teams/accessibility/collaboration/-/issues/29
[2] https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kimageshop/2023-September/016874.html
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