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Amara<\/a> allows users to upload videos from a number of video hosting platforms (such as Vimeo<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>) using in-site software to embed said videos. Amara supports YouTube<\/a>, Vimeo<\/a>, HTML5<\/a>, Theora<\/a> (ogg, ogv), WebM<\/a>, MP4<\/a>, FLV<\/a>, and MP3<\/a> audio. It allows for the managing of videos and subtitles through a powerful API<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amara<\/a> then allows for the adding of subtitles to your video. After uploading your video, Amara<\/a> will prompt users to add subtitles in the users native language. Amara<\/a> makes it easier than most other captioning systems, showing one four second clip at a time before automatically pausing to allow users to add their subtitles\/captions, and then repeating the process until the video is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amara <\/a>Subtitle formats: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When users finish their subtitling, they have a few options; they may either finish and upload the now captioned video or make the video public on Amara<\/a> for further collaboration<\/a>. Amara\u2019s<\/a> primary function is to bring content to as many places and people as possible, so most users make their video(s) public after creating their initial subtitles\/captions. At this point, once the video is public, the collaboration process begins. Since Amara<\/a> operates by crowdsourcing volunteers, sending your video out to the public allows for multilingual volunteers to create subtitles\/captions in different languages. These subtitles are often created, revised, and improved by those with an intimate knowledge\/understanding of the language, and thus makes the video that much more accessible to people with hearing disabilities and\/or language barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once users are satisfied with their subtitles\/captions in however many languages they\u2019ve done, they can export their video. The videos– now captioned\/subtitled– are compatible with a variety of video hosting platforms as Amara<\/a> overlays the subtitles using JavaScript<\/a>. Subtitles can be synced directly to YouTube<\/a> (if you are the account owner) or uploaded to YouTube<\/a> or Vimeo<\/a>. Additionally, users may download the subtitle files themselves and integrate them to the video if you run into problems or the video is a hosted file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amara<\/a> is compatible with most (if not all) major web browsers, though it does require Adobe Flash<\/a>. It is not<\/strong>, however, compatible with mobile browsers from my understanding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amara allows users to upload videos from a number of video hosting platforms (such as Vimeo and YouTube) using in-site software to embed said videos. Amara supports YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5, Theora (ogg, ogv), WebM, MP4, FLV, and MP3 audio. It allows for the managing of videos and subtitles through a powerful API. Amara then allows…<\/span><\/p>\n

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