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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.39,0:00:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (playful music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.85,0:00:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.67,0:00:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, I'm Jana, I manage\Nthe Accounting and HR functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.89,0:00:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Margarita.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.87,0:00:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work as a Software Tester at Amara.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.98,0:00:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[How do you spend your weekends?]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.20,0:00:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most likely table tennis or cycling\Nto one of our local beautiful beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.35,0:00:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like cooking and also,\NI do some volunteer work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.52,0:00:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.39,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.12,0:00:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading some interesting books.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.74,0:00:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Do you have any pets or plants?]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.78,0:00:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have six dogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.64,0:00:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}they're all rescued,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.28,0:00:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so I play a lot with my dogs.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.62,0:00:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a {\i1}peace lily{\i0}\Nthat I've had for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.25,0:00:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is {\i1}Lily Tomlin{\i0}, no relation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.55,0:00:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[What do you love about\Nworking at Amara?]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.79,0:00:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just connecting with our audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.44,0:01:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make somebody's life \Na little be easier
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.84,0:01:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for that moment\Nthat they're reading my support article
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.49,0:01:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the project,\Nwhen I'm delivering,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's say a completed video\Nwith some captions and subtitles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.24,0:01:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually makes me feel\Nreally, really fulfilled,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.60,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Oh, now we have\Nmore videos out there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.54,0:01:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with captions and subtitles,\Nmore people will be able to access it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.30,0:01:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.87,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone's interest in \Nmaking the world better truly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.52,0:01:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody has this thing\Nthat somehow is motivated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.64,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the overall mission of Amara,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.84,0:01:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is actually to provide accessibility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.20,0:01:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also use their skills\Nto share information with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.07,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a special culture,\Nthere's not much of a top-down hierarchy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really a cooperative effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.95,0:02:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all very [inaudible]\Nto check graphically ending time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.49,0:02:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we always find time for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[What languages do you speak?]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.29,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm only fluent in English\Nbut I'm learning American Sign Language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Russian --my spouse's family\Nif from the former Soviet Union,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.92,0:02:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'd like to be able to speak to\Nthe other generations in that family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.65,0:02:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English, Spanish, as my native language--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.59,0:02:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My native language is Russian\Nand I use English for work--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cantonese, a little bit of Mandarin--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.32,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have also learned some Spanish,\NGerman and Chinese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French and a little bit of Arabic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English and about this much Spanish.\N(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.17,0:03:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pop Quiz: When was the first version\Nof Amara released?]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.32,0:03:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either 2010 or 2013...?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.30,0:03:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2006?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:10.50,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.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.80,0:03:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.59,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when the first prototype\Nwas created.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.31,0:03:20.59,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: 0,0:03:23.73,0:03:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[What does accessibility mean to you?]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.72,0:03:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That everyone has the same opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.18,0:03:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to understand \Nthe world through video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.07,0:03:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through the captioning \Nand translation that we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.25,0:03:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that other people do--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.24,0:03:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.68,0:03:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.28,0:03:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a cohlear implant\Nand they are hearing aid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without them, I cannot hear\Npractically anything at home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.37,0:04:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with them is okay\Nin one-to-one conversations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.62,0:04:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not so nice when you use \Nsomething technical,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.19,0:04:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're watching videos\Nor talk over the phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.10,0:04:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so subtitles mean a great deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.34,0:04:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accessibility to me starts with empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.98,0:04:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of my friends, actually,\Ndon't speak English,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.14,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so being able to help\Nto make a lot of the information
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have helped\Nto subtitle into Spanish,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.58,0:04:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I can share it with some\Nof my friends back in Venezuela,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.27,0:04:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my family, or my mom...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.67,0:04:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.37,0:04:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[What effect do you hope\NAmara will have on the world?]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.30,0:04:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acceptance and, I mean, the world\Nis in such a difficult place--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.43,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communicating, you know,\Njust communicating.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.52,0:04:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we work every day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.40,0:05:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with so many people\Nfrom so many other countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.08,0:05:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just realized people are different\Nbut the same, from all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.20,0:05:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a lot of\Nuntapped potential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.63,0:05:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this tool to be used\Nby other types of users.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.92,0:05:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transcription is a great opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.72,0:05:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people who have vision problems\Nto find employment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.18,0:00:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really hope to see this happen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using AI to generate \Nsubtitles and captions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that has been on the rise\Nfor the last few years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there has been a lot of humor\Nand a lot of mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that definitely highlights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how important people are \Nto the process of language in any form.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hoping that the way we treat people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way how we put
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their experience first,\Nand their abilities first,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be noticed \Nand that that would inspire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people to say \Nthat it's not impossible to do that.