[NCUC-DISCUSS] Net of Rights

Sat Mar 5 12:28:58 CET 2016

Hi Niels,
In my view the easiest way to create closed captioning is with YouTube. Upload
the video (you can keep it private and delete the file afterwards) and it will
automatically generate English-language subtitles. These are highly inaccurate
but you are able to revise them very easily and the time codes have in my
experience been correct. When complete, you are able to export the subtitles in
a variety of open formats. There is also a function where you can purchase
professional translations of the subtitles in other languages, or to share
access with another YouTube user so they can create subtitles in another
language.
I conducted a few focus groups last year and ended up with hours and hours of
interviews that needed to be transcribed. YouTube's auto-caption tool became my
personal scribe ;-) Even though it isn't perfect, it's a really useful starting
point.
There are, of course, legitimate concerns around the use of YouTube and the
power of it's network. You may not wish to use its proprietary software or to be
beholden to their tools. If so, some open-source tools for creating subtitles
include Subtitle Workshop 6.0, DivXLand Media Subtitler 2.1.2, and Avidemux
2.6.8 — but in my view their interfaces are rather clumsy.
I hope this information is helpful. If you would like me to create
English-language subtitles, I would be pleased to do so. With these it might be
easier for others to translate into other languages.
Best wishes,
Ayden

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Niels ten Oever < lists at digitaldissidents.org > wrote:
Hi Ayden,

Am looking into creating subtitles for Spanish and Portuguese but am
still looking for more volunteers and languages.

Which languages could you contribute to?

Also: do you know what open source software is best to create subs?

Best,

Niels

On 03/05/2016 09:00 AM, avri doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> That sounds like a great idea. Even the possibility of translation I
> would assume.
>
> avri
>
> On 04-Mar-16 20:37, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> Bravo, Niels!
>>
>> Congratulations on the premiere of this important film and also for
>> sharing and streaming it without a DRM. I didn't see any closed
>> captioning available, however, for those who might find the audio
>> difficult to hear or who are learning to understand a non-native
>> language and would find a transcript useful. If you need help with
>> subtitles, I'd be happy to help out. We could create them in an open
>> format like SRT so they needn't be 'burned' into your film.
>>
>> Ayden
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Niels ten Oever
>> < lists at digitaldissidents.org <mailto: lists@ digitaldissidents.org >> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today, 4 March, ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights are launching ‘Net of
>> Rights’, a short film which explores the link between internet
>> protocols
>> and human rights online. The film will screen at 6pm at the Internet
>> Freedom Festival.
>>
>> Please find the film Net of Rights here:
>> https://hrpc.io/wp-content/ uploads/videos/netofrights.io. mp4
>>
>> and the teaser here:
>> https://hrpc.io/wp-content/ uploads/videos/netofrights.io_ teaser.mp4
>>
>> If the teaser doesn't show in your browser, you can also use this
>> link:
>> https://vimeo.com/157722482
>>
>> Here is the press release (also below):
>> http://is.gd/kqYjc3
>>
>> and please get involved in the work at: https://hrpc.io/
>>
>> It is too-often assumed that there is no link between protocols (the
>> standards which underpin the way the internet functions) and human
>> rights, but this is simply not the case, as the film argues.
>>
>> The Internet aspires to be the global ‘network of networks’, providing
>> connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content.
>> Connectivity
>> increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights,
>> meaning
>> that the architectural design of the internet is, necessarily,
>> intertwined with the human rights framework.
>>
>> Promoting open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for the
>> rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how are these concepts
>> addressed at the protocol level? Without proper definition, the human
>> rights-enabling characteristics of the internet are at risk.
>>
>> The role of human rights in Internet policy is slowly becoming part of
>> the general discourse. Former United Nations (UN) Special
>> Rapporteur on
>> the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
>> expression, Frank La Rue, explicitly spoke of the replationship,
>> leading
>> to the approval of the landmark resolution "on the promotion,
>> protection
>> and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet" at the UN Human Rights
>> Council, and the resolution "The right to privacy in the digital
>> age" at
>> the UN General Assembly.
>>
>> Mapping the relationship between human rights and internet
>> protocols and
>> architectures is a new research challenge, which requires the
>> development of a consistent methodology, bringing human rights experts
>> together with the community of researchers and developers of Internet
>> standards and technologies. The Human Rights Protocol Research
>> Group is
>> a group chartered to research how standards and protocols (the
>> rules by
>> which the internet functions) can enable, strengthen, or threaten
>> human
>> rights.
>>
>> The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be
>> increasingly
>> endangered if they are not properly defined, described and
>> protected as
>> such. And, indeed, the other way around: by not protecting these
>> characteristics, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity in the
>> architecture of the internet itself.
>>
>> To protect human rights online, it will be necessary to explore
>> and map
>> the link between rights and protocol, ensuring the survival of a
>> decentralized and collaborative internet, in which freedom of
>> expression
>> through unimpeded connectivity remains a central principle, and a
>> guiding force.
>>
>> Conceived in partnership between ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights,
>> this film
>> aims to highlight the importance of addressing this issue within the
>> technical community and human rights advocates, but also to feed into
>> the work of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group
>> (HRPC) in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This group is
>> currently mapping the relation between human rights and Internet
>> protocols, in order to strengthen the Internet as a human rights
>> enabling environment, in which freedom of expression through unimpeded
>> connectivity remains a central principle and guiding force.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Niels
>>
>> --
>> Niels ten Oever
>> Head of Digital
>>
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