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♪ (música alegre) ♪

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(risas)

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Hola, soy Jana.

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Dirijo las funciones 
de Contabilidad y Recursos humanos.

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Me llamo Margarita.

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Trabajo en Amara 
como probadora de software.

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¿Cómo pasas los fines de semana?

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Generalmente, tenis de mesa

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

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Me gusta cocinar.

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Y también hago trabajo voluntario.

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Leer.

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Leer.

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Leer algún libro interesante.

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¿Tienes plantas o mascotas?

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(riendo) Tengo seis perros.

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<i>Todos son rescatados,</i>

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

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

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

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¿Qué te gusta de trabajar con Amara?

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Simplemente conectar con la audiencia.

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Tan solo facilitar la vida de alguien
por ese momento

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

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Al finalizar un proyecto, 
ya cuando estoy entregando,

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digamos, un video terminado 
con subtítulos y traducciones,

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eso me hace sentir satisfecha,

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pensando: "Ah, ya tenemos más videos

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

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Sin dudas, la gente.

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El interés real de todos 
de hacer un mundo mejor

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es increíble.

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Todos tienen algo, 
que de algún modo están motivados

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por la misión de Amara,

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que es brindar accesibilidad

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y también usar sus habilidades 
para compartir información con otros.

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Es una cultura especial,

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no se siente como una jerarquía.

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Es realmente un esfuerzo cooperativo.

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We're all very spread
geographically and in time

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but we always find time for each other.

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What languages do you speak?

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(chuckles) I'm only fluent in English

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but I'm learning
American Sign Language, Russian.

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

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

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English, Spanish, as my native language.

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

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Cantonese, a little bit of Mandarin.

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I have also learned some Spanish,
German and Chinese.

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French and a little bit of Arabic.

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I speak English and about

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this much Spanish. 
(laughter)

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Pop Quiz: When was the first version
of Amara released?

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Either 2010 or 2013?

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2006?

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2001?

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

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2010.

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That's when the first prototype
was created.

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I witnessed it,

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I was volunteering with Amara back then.

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What does accessibility mean to you?

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That everyone has the same opportunity

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being able to understand 
the world through video

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and through the captioning 
and translation that we do,

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and that other people do,

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no limits.

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It means a lot.

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

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Without them, I cannot hear
practically anything at all

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

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but not so nice
when you use something technical,

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

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so subtitles mean a great deal.

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Accessibility to me starts with empathy.

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

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

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that I have helped
to subtitle into Spanish,

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

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or my family, or my mom,

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it feels really good.

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

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Acceptance and...

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

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Communicating, you know,
just communicating.

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When we work every day
with so many people

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from so many other countries,

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

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I think there's a lot
of untapped potential

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

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Transcription is a great opportunity

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for people who have vision problems
to find employment.

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I really hope to see this happen.

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Using AI to generate 
subtitles and captions,

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

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

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and that definitely highlights
how important people are

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to the process of language in any form.

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

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and the way how we put
their experience first,

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and their abilities first,

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will be noticed 
and that that would inspire

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

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