Many people have thanked and praised Rick for BatGap. But in reality, 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 for all. If you would like to help, below are some specific needs we have, or let us know if you want to offer your 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 they:
- YouTube provides automatic caption translation into over 100 different languages. If the original captions are accurate, the translated ones will be much better.
- Are the basis of the BatGap video content search engine.
- Make the interviews accessible to hearing-impaired people (5% of the population).
- Captioned videos rank higher in search results.
- Let viewers watch videos in places where it’s not possible to play audio.
- Help those for whom English is a second language.
- Help with comprehension of dialogue that is spoken quickly or with accents.
- Improve comprehension.
- Are much more accurate than those created automatically by YouTube..
- Are 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.
Web Designer: Our website is quite outdated. We do not expect anyone to volunteer services for such a large job. We will pay if we can find the right person with advanced technical and design skills. It would be great if they were also a Batgap listener. The site is built in WordPress and we want to keep it that way. Please get in touch if you are interested and qualified.