dotSUB – Fri., 9/28 at 6:30
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> ITP Special Event:
>
> Michael Smolens, Founder, Chairman and CEO
> (Also at the presentation will be Ed Zad, Director of Operations
> and Language Service)
> dotSUB LLC
>
> Friday, Sept. 28th at 6:30
> Room 447
> Social Hour/Refreshments at 6!
>
> This presentation brings together technology, languages, cross
> cultural communications, and educational tools in a way like never
> before possible.
> dotSUB is an online browser based tool for subtitling videos on the
> web into and from any language. The dotSUB tool is making it
> possible for people to communicate quickly and inexpensively like
> never before with a new technology that is revolutionary for the
> technological, linguistic and artistic
> communities. This presentation is an exciting opportunity to bring
> together departments of the NYU community in a new and exciting way.
>
> http://dotSUB.com
>
> Michael Smolens had for 30 years set up manufacturing facilities
> doing business in and with high-risk countries including Haiti,
> Mexico,
> Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Jordan, Russia
> and Azerbaijan, creating in excess of 20,000 jobs and directly
> supporting
> the livelihood of more than 100,000 people. During that time, he
> not only developed a profound practical understanding and appreciation
> for many of the world’s cultures, but figured out a way to do
> business in these countries by implementing world class business
> skills and
> procedures perfected in one country, and integrating them into a
> different country, while paying close attention to existing local
> cultural
> differences. Ed Zad recently left an executive position at
> Lionbridge, the largest localization and translation company in the
> world to join
> the dotSUB team.
>
> The idea of dotSUB was born in early 2004 after viewing the film
> “Fahrenheit 911.” Michael realized that if one documentary film in
> English
> ‘might’ have an impact on a very close US Presidential election,
> what would happen if all independent and documentary films, television
> programming and video from all cultures could be made available in
> all languages – what a powerful impact on the world that would be! (Of
> course, and critically important, assuming receipt of the
> permission of the rights holder.)
>
> The goal was to create a tool that was as simple to use as the
> Google search bar, with no downloads, that could engage the power,
> methodologies and thinking of open source, wikipedia, social
> networking, creative commons and web2.0 user involvement to
> substantially
> remove language and cost as a barrier to cross-cultural
> communication using video.
>
> It took three years to create the patent pending tool and process,
> and now dotSUB is integrating its functionality with businesses and
> organizations in all fields – for anyone using video as an internal
> or external communication tool. The ‘perfect storm’ unleashed by the
> purchase of YouTube by Google for $1.65 billion has set in motion a
> frenzy in traditional media companies, as well as a plethora of
> start-ups,
> to figure out how to monetize video in English (or its native
> language). dotSUB is creating the ability and global network to re-
> purpose this
> content into all of the world’s languages at a cost approaching an
> order of magnitude less than using traditional tools and methods.
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