Netflix (s NFLX) just launched a subtitling community project on the video captioning service Amara, formerly known as Universal Subtitles. The company is looking for a limited number of volunteers on the site, and apparently wants to try using crowd-sourced captioning with a “popular 80s cartoon and other classic TV programming,” according to information posted on the site.
A Netflix spokesperson told me that the company’s efforts on the site simply represent a test:
Once again, the intersection of crowdsourcing and everyday life produces game-changing ideas. As long as these are properly verified, I think crowdsourced captions will help out Netflix immensely.
