YouTube description:

"Uploaded by TheTechMuseum on Nov 2, 2011.
Category:
Katherine M. Swanson Equality Award

Country:
United States
http://www.universalsubtitles.org/

Problem: Many videos are inaccessible because of the prohibitive cost and difficulty of creating captions and translations.

Solution: A simple, open, and collaborative way to subtitle videos.

Impact: 25,000 videos translated in the first 9 months, with 100,000 more expected by the end of 2011. Used extensively by media during recent global events, including the Arab Spring and Japanese tsunami. (...)"