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Online Closed-Captioning/Sub-Title Service for Movies

Submitted by: samnix
Created: Jun 3, 2008, 5:51 am

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Hi people,
I've an Idea to provide Closed-Captioning Services via a Internet/Intranet Portal. Any one could freely sign-in for a membership. The site would contain two types of membership a) Captioning Editor b) Viewer. In order to take a Viewer-based membership there is a fee and in order to take a Captioning Editior membership it is free.

a) Captioning Editor, is a user who contributes to the site by creating a closed-caption or Sub-titling of an entire movie available on the site. He is rewarded based on the number of views on the movie he has captioned for a period of time.

b) Viewer, is a user who is mostly hearing-disabled who views the movie along with the closed-caption/sub-title. He pays a subscription fee for viewing movies that are available on the portal's database.

The Movie is streamed from a Media server and all closed captioning/sub-titling edited on the movie is also stored in the media server. Any suggestions,ideas or critizisms are welcome!!

I thought of this idea when I was...

Is based on the non-availability of closed-captioning services available in India for both english & Indian movies. Furthermost it is based on the difficulty faced by my wife since she is hearing-impaired.

Comments Posted

CarloF Posted: June 22, 2008, 11:01 pm

You have to deal with copyright issues of putting a movie on a site. There are all sorts of laws you're going to have to bypass with this one to get it implemented properly.

samnix Posted: June 23, 2008, 6:01 am

Thanks CarloF for your comment;

yes you are right about it; I'm looking at a movie archive company who would like to host their movies online and I could have an online captioning system available for it. Any ideas?

Peirene Posted: July 25, 2008, 1:54 am

This is coming from a US perspective where intellectual property and copyright laws are enforced more seriously than other parts of the world...

You could partner with a legitimate online movie rental service (i.e. Amazon.com's UnBox movies or similar). Most 'legitimate' movies already have subtitles, but they might not necessarily be in the language you need, so you might focus on an added value for additional language subtitles.

Checoslovaco Posted: August 22, 2008, 6:29 am

Great idea! I think there is indeed no need for your own movie database. Just partner with amazon or alikes and you will convert your copyright problem to another revenue stream.

homunq Posted: September 12, 2008, 6:53 pm

How is this different from opensubtitles.org? Just because you get to watch the movie free if you are subtitling it? Seems like the benefit to the movie producer is too small...

sfgamer10 Posted: November 23, 2008, 12:57 pm

cool idea gl

wiseguy88 Posted: December 27, 2008, 11:32 pm

Would there be a screening process for the Captioning Editor? Or anyone can be the Captioning Editor? Can one Captioning Editor change the work of another if he/she feels that the former didn't do a good job?

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