BatGap is a team effort and we could never do it without our volunteers. People from around the world help make BatGap a more useful resource. If you would like to help, below are some specific needs, or let us know if you want to help in some other way:
Transcript Proofreader.
There are several reasons why transcription is useful. They provide accurate subtitles in YouTube videos. These are valuable because:
- YouTube provides automatic caption translation in 100 languages. If the original captions are accurate, the translated ones will be much better.
- They are the basis of the BatGap video content search engine.
- Interviews are more accessible to hearing-impaired (5% of the population).
- Captioned videos rank higher in search results.
- Viewers can watch videos in places where audio is not possible.
- Helps those for whom English is a second language.
- Helps with comprehension of hard to understand dialogue.
- Improves comprehension.
- More accurate than those created automatically by YouTube..
- Used for displaying closed captions in podcast apps that support transcripts.
The value of transcripts on the BatGap website.
- People can search words/phrases and find the interviews in which they are mentioned.
- Some people like to read transcripts.
- Google indexes the content, increasing the likelihood of interviews turning up in search results.
If you would like to do this while watching interviews, please let us know.