Yep, at least if someone takes advantage of the CaptionSync automated
captioning system to provide captioning for YouTube videos. Here's the
story!
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September 2008
Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced its CaptionSync
automated captioning system delivers caption output for YouTube video.
This will allow content owners to now bring their YouTube video to a
broader audience and into accessibility compliance faster, more
affordably, and easier than ever before. Caption output for YouTube is
available immediately at no additional cost to AST users.
"CaptionSync now offers caption and video search output for every major
player, including YouTube, Flash, podcasts, Windows Media, QuickTime, Real
and more. YouTube's announcement coupled with caption files from AST now
empower the masses to make and captioned their own video content," said
Kevin Erler, SVP Sales at AST.
CaptionSync is an online service, available 7×24 and delivers
high-quality captions within minutes. As an online service, there is no
software to buy or install, no set-up fees, and no volume commitments.
Educational institutions and government agencies are required by state
and federal laws to caption their video material. "Until now, there wasn't
really an easy way to caption YouTube material, so content owners
typically didn't. AST is trying to remove those barriers so all YouTube
content creators can make their video usable by a broader spectrum of
users which includes the deaf, hard of hearing, those with learning
disabilities, and those with English as a second language," explains Erler.
CaptionSync users can select as many caption output formats as they
need, choosing from YouTube, Flash, podcasts, Windows Media Player,
QuickTime, Real, broadcast line-21 captions, and/or DVD subtitles. In
addition, AST offers a variety of search data outputs at no additional
cost which enable webcasts to be searchable and indexable.
About Automatic Sync Technologies
AST is a leading provider of automated captioning, audio
synchronization, and audio search tools for webcasting, broadcasting, and
DVD applications. Leveraging our leading-edge speech processing and
pattern identification software, AST provides clients with solutions for
synchronized multimedia with quick turnaround and unsurpassed quality.
Current users include NASA, UC Berkeley, NC State, Penn State, University
of Washington, and Stanford University. The research behind CaptionSync is
funded in part by US Department of Education SBIR Phase I and Phase II
grants. For more information visit AST at http://www.automaticsync.com/caption.
CaptionSync is a trademark of Automatic Sync Technologies. All other
company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
