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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by lucaspiller on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:45PM (#9042904)
YouTube will already automatically transcribe and add subtitles to some videos, I can't comment on the quality though:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3038280?hl=en-GB

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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by hga on Friday February 13, 2015 @07:03AM (#9043911)
But it appears the people suing most certainly can comment on the quality http://nad.org/news/2015/2/nad-sues-harvard-and-mit-discrimi...

They find it unacceptable (which in the cherry picked examples is unarguable), and have made that a very significant part of their PR campaign.

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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by mc32 on Friday February 13, 2015 @12:10AM (#9042979)
Yes, this is exactly the thing they should pursue. This antagonistic tactic is disheartening. I mean, WTF, yes, contribute and provide CC, fansubs, whatever, but this kind of sue-happiness is a total turn-off.

Persuade people to help you, don't force people to help you, you'll get better results.

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