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(laughter)
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Hi, I'm Jana, I manage
the Accounting and HR functions.
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My name is Margarita.
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I work as a Software Tester at Amara.
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[How do you spend your weekends?]
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Most likely table tennis or cycling
to one of our local beautiful beaches.
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I like cooking and also,
I do some volunteer work.
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Reading.
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Reading.
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Reading some interesting books.
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[Do you have any pets or plants?]
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I have six dogs,
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they're all rescued,
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so I play a lot with my dogs.
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I have a peace lily
that I've had for years.
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This is Lily Tomlin, no relation.
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[What do you love about
working at Amara?]
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Just connecting with our audience,
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just to make somebody's life
a little be easier
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just for that moment
that they're reading my support article
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or whatever it is.
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At the end of the project,
when I'm delivering,
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let's say a completed video
with some captions and subtitles,
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that actually makes me feel
really, really fulfilled,
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like, "Oh, now we have
more videos out there
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with captions and subtitles,
more people will be able to access it."
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Absolutely the people.
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Everyone's interest in
making the world better truly
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is just unbelievable.
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Everybody has this thing
that somehow is motivated
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by the overall mission of Amara,
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which is actually to provide accessibility
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and also use their skills
to share information with others.
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It's a special culture,
there's not much of a top-down hierarchy.
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It's really a cooperative effort.
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We're all very [inaudible]
to check graphically ending time
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but we also have time for each other.
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[What languages do you speak?]
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I'm only fluent in English
but I'm learning American Sign Language,
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Russian --my spouse's family
if 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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English and about this much Spanish.
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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? Yeah, no, I don't know.
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2010, that's when
the first prototype was created.
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I [inaudible] I was [inaudible]
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 cohlear implant
and they are hearing aid.
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Without them, I cannot hear
practically anything at home
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and with them is okay
in one-to-one 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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