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Amara

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What is Amara?

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Visit Amara.org – plug in a video URL…

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Amara Editor – Easy way to make subtitles

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The Early Years

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Where did Amara begin?

Amara: 2010 A simple tool

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First Generation Editor & Awards

UNAOC

US Federal Communications

Commission

The Tech Museum

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Inspiration Global collaborative community

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Interesting uses during Arab Spring

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How has Amara evolved?

• Individual Users • Volunteer Communities • Organizations • Amara On Demand • Hosting Platforms

Amara: 2010 A simple tool

Amara: 2015 Communities + technology

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Amara & Mission

Volunteer Communities

On Demand Team

Individual Users

Organizations

Hosting Platforms

The Amara Ecosystem

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Massive Collaboration?

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TED Called …looking to expand their volunteer

translation community

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TED began using Amara in 2012

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TED’s Community

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33%

67%

In 2014, over 33% of all TED video views had subtitles enabled

During 2014, TED had 18 distribution deals across 10 countries

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TED volunteers created over 16,000 subtitles in 2014. During that period,

11,000 new translators joined the project.

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TED Open Translation Project 2014 Annual Report

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Amara in 2015

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SustainabilityPlatform • Services • Integrations

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Amara Enterprise Clients Comprehensive solution for captions & subtitles

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Amara On Demand Clients Professionally crafted captions & subtitles

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Amara + Vimeo Direct Integration Accessibility tools in every Vimeo creator’s hands

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MissionTranslation • Accessibility • Future of Work

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Scientific American Going viral in Hungary

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Before 2015, SciAm’s most popular video had less than .5 million views

Currently, the most viewed video has 1.5m views, most of which originated in Hungary

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Prof. Andreas Formiconi University of Florence #EDMU2014

Prof. Mara Mills New York University Disability, Tech, & Media

Amara in Education Students using Amara for hands-on accessibility learning

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Amara On Demand Team Global team of over 1,500 professionals

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What’s Next?

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Key platform improvements, under development now

Machine Assisted Captions (MAC)

Next-Generation Amara Teams

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Thank you!