Listen to this as a podcast:
Project ReadOn is a standalone caption player that provides captions for online media such as videos and podcasts. They are funded by sponsors, ads, and grants. The captioners watch online videos and transcribe the spoken text into captions which are viewed online using an interesting web browser technology – there are no fees, and there is no software to download or install; users simply visit the Project ReadOn website and browse through the available selection of captioned videos, and a narrow, rectangular-sized window pops up automatically and positions itself over the video being viewed. As the user watches the video, they read the captions and watch the video simultaneously. I’ve captured a screen shot here:
Only one month old (the company just came to life in March 2007,) they’ve already captioned their 100th video and encourage people to contact them with suggestions and requests; they have a handy “submit request” field in the top right corner of each page on their website.
It’s not the most accessible to use ! the synchro is way out too. I’d rather have seen more flexibility on positioning the text as well. Why not just subtitle or caption them ?
Finally…Bravo hope it become successful for us who really depend on captioning on videos in webs.
Keep letting us know any new developments.
Hi MM,
I noticed you mentioned this same issue for you on another message board as well. Are you experiencing the same problem when you stop both the caption readOn player and the video and then press play on both? Which videos are you watching that are so out of synch?
We care very much about this project and want to make sure it’s working correctly.
Thanks,
Jack Wood
Co-Founder
Project readOn