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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (playful music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.85,0:00:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.30,0:00:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, I'm Jana.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.80,0:00:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I manage the Accounting and HR functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.56,0:00:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Margarita.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.23,0:00:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work as a Software Tester with Amara.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.90,0:00:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most likely table tennis or cycling\Nto one of our local beautiful beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.17,0:00:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like cooking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.39,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, I do some volunteer work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.24,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.93,0:00:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.53,0:00:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading some interesting books.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.54,0:00:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(chuckles) I have six dogs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.36,0:00:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}They're all rescued,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.99,0:00:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so I play a lot with my dogs.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.49,0:00:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a peace lily\Nthat I've had for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.25,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is {\i1}Lily Tomlin{\i0}, no relation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.10,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just connecting with our audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.26,0:01:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to make somebody's life \Na little bit easier just for that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.57,0:01:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're reading\Nmy support article or whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.22,0:01:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the project,\Nwhen I'm actually delivering,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.99,0:01:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's say, a completed video\Nwith some captions and subtitles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.60,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually makes me feel\Nlike, really, really fulfilled,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.12,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Oh, now we have\Nmore videos out there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.54,0:01:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have captions and subtitles,\Nmore people will be able to access it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.20,0:01:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.50,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone's interest in \Nmaking the world better truly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.15,0:01:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody has this thing\Nthat somehow is motivated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.32,0:01:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the overall mission of Amara,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.58,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is actually to provide accessibility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also use their skills\Nto share information with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.04,0:01:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a special culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.49,0:02:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not much of a top-down hierarchy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.80,0:02:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really a cooperative effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.86,0:02:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all very spread\Ngeographically and in time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.87,0:02:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we always find time for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.29,0:02:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(chuckles) I'm only fluent in English
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.87,0:02:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm learning\NAmerican Sign Language, Russian.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.89,0:02:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My spouse's family is\Nfrom the former Soviet Union,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.59,0:02:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'd like to be able to speak to\Nthe other generations in that family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.47,0:02:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English, Spanish, as my native language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.26,0:02:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My native language is Russian\Nand I use English for work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cantonese, a little bit of Mandarin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.04,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have also learned some Spanish,\NGerman and Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French and a little bit of Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.39,0:02:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak English and about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.28,0:02:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this much Spanish. \N(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either 2010 or 2013?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.96,0:03:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2006?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.05,0:03:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2001?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, no, I don't know.\N(chuckles)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.41,0:03:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.32,0:03:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when the first prototype\Nwas created.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.15,0:03:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I witnessed it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.89,0:03:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was volunteering with Amara back then.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.36,0:03:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That everyone has the same opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.83,0:03:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to understand \Nthe world through video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.07,0:03:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through the captioning \Nand translation that we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.93,0:03:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that other people do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.04,0:03:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.60,0:03:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.92,0:03:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a cochlear implant,\Nand they are hearing aid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.48,0:03:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without them, I cannot hear\Npractically anything at all
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.30,0:04:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with them, it is okay\Nin one-to-one personal conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.62,0:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not so nice\Nwhen you use something technical,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're watching videos,\Nor talk over the phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.10,0:04:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so subtitles mean a great deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.97,0:04:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accessibility to me starts with empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.66,0:04:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of my friends, actually,\Ndon't speak English,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.08,0:04:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so being able to help\Nto make a lot of the information
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.86,0:04:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have helped\Nto subtitle into Spanish,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.37,0:04:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I can share it with some\Nof my friends back in Venezuela,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.27,0:04:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my family, or my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.59,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.93,0:04:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acceptance and...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.15,0:04:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the world\Nis in such a difficult place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.43,0:04:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communicating, you know,\Njust communicating.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.39,0:04:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we work every day\Nwith so many people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.77,0:04:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so many other countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.90,0:05:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just realize people are different\Nbut the same, from all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.20,0:05:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a lot\Nof untapped potential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.35,0:05:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this tool to be used\Nby other types of users.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.16,0:05:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transcription is a great opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.45,0:05:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people who have vision problems\Nto find employment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.00,0:05:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really hope to see this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.01,0:05:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using AI to generate \Nsubtitles and captions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.06,0:05:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that has been \Non the rise for the last few years
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.86,0:05:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there has been a lot of humor\Nand a lot of mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.48,0:05:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that definitely highlights\Nhow important people are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.24,0:05:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the process of language in any form.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.56,0:05:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hoping that the way\Nthat we treat people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.19,0:05:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way how we put\Ntheir experience first,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.13,0:05:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their abilities first,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.22,0:05:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be noticed \Nand that that would inspire
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.79,0:06:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people to say \Nthat it's not impossible to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.31,0:06:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English captions by\NJenny Lam-Chowdhury