[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1510: Add full transcripts to videos on WordPress.tv

[Making WordPress.org]

#1510: Add full transcripts to videos on WordPress.tv
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Reporter:  mor10        |      Owner:
    Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal       |  Component:  WordPress.tv
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 The videos on WordPress.tv provide a wealth of information, but this
 information is pretty much invisible on the web, both for search engines,
 the internal search system on the site, and for users who don't want to
 watch / listen to the videos. The lack of transcripts is also a major
 accessibility concern.

 Adding full transcripts of videos would remedy this situation and provide
 significant benefits:

 - Videos become accessible to a far greater audience
 - Presented content becomes searchable from within wordpress.tv
 - Presented content becomes indexable for search engines resulting in
 organic traffic and (probably) boosting the exposure of the videos to a
 larger audience
 - Visitors can choose to read the transcript rather than watch the video
 (reading is often faster than watching)
 - Translation (even automatic) of videos is vastly simplified with the
 side effect of potential multi-lingual captions
 - Videos with poor audio quality become easier to digest for visitors
 - Transcripts provide an excellent opportunity for future enhancement of
 the site including transcript-based navigation similar to what's found on
 Lynda.com

 == Implementation ==
 I propose a panel directly below the video player that shows the first few
 paragraphs and provides a "reveal more" link or similar to reveal the
 whole transcript. Ideally the DOM should contain the entire transcript to
 make the content accessible for search.

 == Practical Implementation ==
 The obvious question is "where are these transcripts going to come from"?
 Three options:

 1. Edited text dumps from CART captioning during events
 2. Edited dumps from volunteer video captions
 3. Volunteer text transcripts

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