tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post7841264133930719785..comments2024-03-27T02:19:13.052-07:00Comments on Quiet Highway: Saga of a Gentleman: Netflix Finally Addresses Online Captioning IssuesMatt Rafathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13256519881560435397noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-12524698840568676372010-07-31T07:37:02.411-07:002010-07-31T07:37:02.411-07:00http://www.drumbeat.org/universal-subtitles
I do ...http://www.drumbeat.org/universal-subtitles<br /><br />I do not understand why it's so difficult to caption video? I mean this is a free open source project wtf is wrong with netflix here? Capitalism at best.The Last Booger Bendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-33339255248555674312009-06-21T17:35:35.888-07:002009-06-21T17:35:35.888-07:00I do believe Netflix is not telling the whole stor...I do believe Netflix is not telling the whole story, and should have been up front about their roadmap and why this is not trivial to implement I can understand why they aren't.<br /><br />Netflix is caught in a very tight spot politically. Studios have forced them into using very specific encryption protocols and limited what they can do with the videos. Do you think they would choose silverlight, a new and untested protocol with low install base if they didn't have to? Microsoft has snowballed studios into thinking this is their only option.<br /><br />The studios also are very much against online distribution, they don't understand it and in their view it costs them money, so why would they be inclined to cooperate with Netflix goals? You cannot simply use a plain text file as studio's will not allow netflix to store one byte on the hard drive, or in an unencrypted form.<br /><br />An example is a coke can. Due to the studio restrictions Netflix must get individually signed permission papers in order to air any episode of any show which has a coke can in it. Coke cannot even give them a blanket permission slip.<br /><br />I am not saying Netflix shouldn't nor can't deal with this, they both should and can, but give them a little leeway. It is very expensive for them to do anything due to legal costs, not technological, although that end is also non trivial due to imposed restrictions.<br /><br />Now that it has become a PR issue, it is worth them spending the money, so count this as a success. Take the pressure off of Netflix and put it on the production studios who hang on to outdated business models and force this sort of stupidity.<br /><br />If you pressure studios enough to give Netflix the freedoms they do not have now, their implementation cost and time goes down significantly. While you rail on Netflix the studios are cackling with glee as they want online distribution to fail. Netflix has expressed a desire to work with their users on this issue, work with them in return and assault the studios who caused this issue with as much zeal :)Drakimorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963519899305925234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-33794139800729145502009-06-14T17:29:27.872-07:002009-06-14T17:29:27.872-07:00Accessible Media Project at Microsoft on Silverlig...Accessible Media Project at Microsoft on Silverlight (as it stands):<br />http://www.codeplex.com/amp<br /><br />"... accessibility using Silverlight.<br /><br />In the first release, the player supports the following accessibility features ...<br /><br />1. Reading closed captions from W3C timed text files and switching on and off ..."<br /><br />If platform accessibility is there already, then ....?Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-2428115036691146642009-06-14T09:31:21.741-07:002009-06-14T09:31:21.741-07:00Great post! I am not deaf, but have always been a...Great post! I am not deaf, but have always been annoyed my roku player doesn't support captioning... thanks for taking this on..hyperfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861727191189658458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-88797309567829793002009-06-13T17:26:03.779-07:002009-06-13T17:26:03.779-07:00Anonymous: Thanks for the correction re: the date-...Anonymous: Thanks for the correction re: the date--I have made the change. <br /><br />I agree it is a long wait, but we finally have Netflix's top brass telling us that online captioning will definitely happen. If it doesn't deliver, Netflix cannot blame a low-level service rep. Its reputation and integrity are on the line. <br /><br />One reason I am hopeful is because Microsoft (Silverlight's creator) has a good reputation when it comes to accessibility. Perhaps the NFLX/MSFT partnership will finally result in full accessibility. Note that MSFT has a sizable financial stake in the outcome, because it is spending millions of dollars trying to unseat Real Network's media player.Matt Rafathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256519881560435397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-12056756702646384692009-06-13T15:11:57.541-07:002009-06-13T15:11:57.541-07:00Good post, Matt. Minor error - you wrote July 2009...Good post, Matt. Minor error - you wrote July 2009 instead of July 2010. Seems like a long time to wait after the deaf community has already waited 2 years. No wonder the deaf community seems to be out of patience as seen on Twitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-64694691087874897152009-06-13T12:00:28.068-07:002009-06-13T12:00:28.068-07:00RLM, see also:
http://www.section508.gov/RLM, see also:<br /><br />http://www.section508.gov/Matt Rafathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256519881560435397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-8365691214802610302009-06-13T11:32:26.635-07:002009-06-13T11:32:26.635-07:00RLM, there are numerous petitions out there, and t...RLM, there are numerous petitions out there, and the best way to see them all is to join the Facebook group I mention in the post. If you join the Facebook group, you will also help NFLX and the studios see how many people care about online captioning. In any case, here is one petition:<br /><br />http://www.coataccess.org/node/add/petition<br /><br />If the link doesn't work, try googling "COAT petition Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act." I hope this helps.Matt Rafathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256519881560435397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607093527751357203.post-90678732104463552492009-06-13T10:22:15.317-07:002009-06-13T10:22:15.317-07:00Hastings,
Good blog posting!
I would like ...Hastings, <br /><br /> Good blog posting! <br /><br /> I would like to sign up for the online petition for Netflix streaming video caption. <br /><br /> What is the petition website, please? <br /><br />Robert L. Mason (RLM)<br />RLMDEAF blog/vlogRLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944804788920891331noreply@blogger.com