ASL Vlog Stuff
14 02 2007
- Archive – always save everything and back it up
- Volunteer Transcript / Caption
- Add title, date and URL address on every video
Everything you record from your webcam or camcorder, you should save everything in your hard drive. I am sure most of you do that regularly which is good. Once you have handful of video files, back it up on your DVD-R or CD-R discs. (Videotapes in some case) It is no difference like you save your family videotape somewhere safe, do it same thing with your DVD/CD discs. Jay mentioned about it - click here.
Personally, I do save everything as much as possible including pictures, documents, videos and emails regularly. You will never know.
Remember all those videos online do not make good backup because of its loss quality due to their compressed into flash video. If you forgot to save or lost your original file somehow (hardware failure, lost, etc.) then it is better than nothing. Remember original files are much better quality than what’s on your video online. (YouTube, Google, etc.)
Of course, video files are ok to backup on your own website via FTP. It is good alternative. (Like Joey Baer’s website; hosting account required)
Another thing, I think it’s great that these people like Der Sankt who offer their volunteer time to create transcript for ASL vlog as long as they said OK. I don’t know if they are deaf or hearing – but if they are hearing, I rather have them do some hearing vlog. Believe it or not, there’s millions hearing vlog with no caption out there.
Finally, I know some of you vlogger regularly add title, date and website address on video like I did. If you don’t do that, I strongly recommend you to add them on every video from now on. If you are clueless, just do easy ways like write on flyer or just say it at the beginning of the video. This way, it will be easier for everyone and vlogger in long run when they started doing archive, research, and all that stuff.
Glad we are having this discussion, we all will preserve our ASL vlog files forever!
I’m Deaf. My parents are Deaf. My sister is Deaf–Gallaudet Student. I was once a student at MSSD, Virginia School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University.
Which hearing vlogs would you like to have transcripted? I have hearing friends who will do this for the Deaf community since I’m doing the same for them.
bisous,
der sankt
I would love to see some of hearing blog transcript/subtitle at Scoble Show. I know several of us tried to ask them to provide CC but he’s either too busy or ignore us.
With your help, maybe they will realize and offer one in the future.
http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/