There are plenty of people and companies offering human or automated speech-to-text services for video captioning, but embedding those captions in a video was a curiosity to me.
Bitfield AB’s iSubtitle is a straightforward choice that does exactly what you expect and adds no complications.
However, Google Drive doesn’t import captions embedded in videos, and instead you have to upload them separately.
Professional screencast producer Michael Pick has joined Automattic and shuttered Smashcut, his production company.
It’s not all bad, though. He’s been busy making instructional videos for WordPress.com (many of which are useful for WordPress.org users), explaining things like how to manage tags or use the Press This! feature, and answering the question “What should I do first?”
What does this suggest about the pro screencasting marketplace? Pick says “this is a huge underdeveloped niche, [with fewer] screencasters with chops than there are jobs.” For my part, I both glad to see him producing those WordPress how-tos, while sad I can’t tap his skills for my own projects. Who else is out there?
Extra: a few nominations from ReadWriteWeb, and an interview with Pick.
Today might be [wierd|strange|funny|scary] video day. Or something. These are probably not safe for work, though your mileage may vary.
Here’s the list of things found last night:
[update:] Music for the Supermodel Meat video comes from Evolution Control Committee and the video is listed with others the band’s site. You’ll also find a video for “Breakfast” by the same crew that did Supermodel Meat, which is actually titled “Lunch,” at least by the band. “Breakfast” isn’t quite as disturbing, but…well. The band’s other music is worth a listen, at least.