Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), the non-profit organization that makes Miro – the cross-platform, free software video player and downloader – has embarked on a Herculean task of subtitling all videos on the Web. PCF is creating Universal Subtitles, an open standard protocol that will allow clients such as Firefox extensions, desktop video players, websites, or browsers to find and download matching subtitles from subtitle databases when they play video. But first, the company needs the subtitles. That’s where you come in. ..
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