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Hola, soy Jana.

Dirijo las funciones 
de Contabilidad y Recursos humanos.

Me llamo Margarita.

Trabajo en Amara 
como probadora de software.

¿Cómo pasas los fines de semana?

Generalmente, tenis de mesa

o ir en bicicleta a una 
de nuestras hermosas playas locales.

Me gusta cocinar.

Y también hago trabajo voluntario.

Leer.

Leer.

Leer algún libro interesante.

¿Tienes plantas o mascotas?

(riendo) Tengo seis perros.

<i>Todos son rescatados,</i>

<i>así que juego mucho con mis perros.</i>

Tengo un Lirio de la Paz
que he tenido por años.

Esta es <i>Lily Tomlin</i>, 
no tiene relación con la original.

¿Qué te gusta de trabajar con Amara?

Simplemente conectar con la audiencia.

Tan solo facilitar la vida de alguien
por ese momento

en que está leyendo 
mi artículo de ayuda o lo que sea.

Al finalizar un proyecto, 
ya cuando estoy entregando,

digamos, un video terminado 
con subtítulos y traducciones,

eso me hace sentir satisfecha,

pensando: "Ah, ya tenemos más videos

con subtítulos y traducciones 
para que más gente pueda acceder a ellos".

Sin dudas, la gente.

El interés real de todos 
de hacer un mundo mejor

es increíble.

Todos tienen algo, 
que de algún modo están motivados

por la misión de Amara,

que es brindar accesibilidad

y también usar sus habilidades 
para compartir información con otros.

Es una cultura especial,

no se siente como una jerarquía.

Es realmente un esfuerzo cooperativo.

We're all very spread
geographically and in time

but we always find time for each other.

What languages do you speak?

(chuckles) I'm only fluent in English

but I'm learning
American Sign Language, Russian.

My spouse's family is
from the former Soviet Union,

so I'd like to be able to speak to
the other generations in that family.

English, Spanish, as my native language.

My native language is Russian
and I use English for work.

Cantonese, a little bit of Mandarin.

I have also learned some Spanish,
German and Chinese.

French and a little bit of Arabic.

I speak English and about

this much Spanish. 
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Pop Quiz: When was the first version
of Amara released?

Either 2010 or 2013?

2006?

2001?

Yeah, no, I don't know.
(chuckles)

2010.

That's when the first prototype
was created.

I witnessed it,

I was volunteering with Amara back then.

What does accessibility mean to you?

That everyone has the same opportunity

being able to understand 
the world through video

and through the captioning 
and translation that we do,

and that other people do,

no limits.

It means a lot.

I have a cochlear implant,
and they are hearing aid.

Without them, I cannot hear
practically anything at all

and with them, it is okay
in one-to-one personal conversations

but not so nice
when you use something technical,

when you're watching videos,
or talk over the phone,

so subtitles mean a great deal.

Accessibility to me starts with empathy.

A lot of my friends, actually,
don't speak English,

so being able to help
to make a lot of the information

that I have helped
to subtitle into Spanish,

if I can share it with some
of my friends back in Venezuela,

or my family, or my mom,

it feels really good.

What effect do you hope
Amara will have on the world?

Acceptance and...

I mean, the world
is in such a difficult place.

Communicating, you know,
just communicating.

When we work every day
with so many people

from so many other countries,

you just realize people are different
but the same, from all over.

I think there's a lot
of untapped potential

for this tool to be used
by other types of users.

Transcription is a great opportunity

for people who have vision problems
to find employment.

I really hope to see this happen.

Using AI to generate 
subtitles and captions,

you know, that has been 
on the rise for the last few years

and there has been a lot of humor
and a lot of mistakes,

and that definitely highlights
how important people are

to the process of language in any form.

I'm hoping that the way
that we treat people,

and the way how we put
their experience first,

and their abilities first,

will be noticed 
and that that would inspire

other people to say 
that it's not impossible to do that.

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