Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live captions

Re:Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live ca... by GFischer on Friday June 13, 2014 @09:56AM (#7888839)

Very nice :) .

Are these captions taken from a live text commentary (like BBC's service), or from a radio commentary?

I think the second would be more useful, since they tend to mention players and plays more often.

A nice case of tech helping people with disabilities, great job and good luck !

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Re:Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live ca... by goatforce5 on Friday June 13, 2014 @10:03AM (#7888870)

The linked posting (now?) says the captions are coming from SBS Australia.

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Re:Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live ca... by GFischer on Friday June 13, 2014 @10:23AM (#7888967)

Yes, it did when I read the posting, but is that live audio commentary transcribed or live text commentary?

I think realtime-transcribed live audio commentary would be more timely and lively :) though also harder to do I guess. In either case it's a great service.

Edit: it apparently IS computer-generated live audio! Amazing :)

There are some syncing services between radio and streaming - for example here in Uruguay we like the local radio commentary, and so do the Brazilians and Argentineans, we might watch a match on tv with the sound turned off and radio turned on.

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Re:Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live ca... by newscasta on Monday June 16, 2014 @09:40AM (#7898968)

Probably too late now that the conversation has moved on, but if you happen to see this could you point me to one of these syncing services? A very quick google search didn't turn up anything. Thanks.

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Re:Deaf and following the World Cup? We're streaming live ca... by dean_cognation on Friday June 13, 2014 @11:39AM (#7889352)

curious how you are handling the copyright issues?.,..... or just hoping they don't notice?

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