Requests

Got a Funny Video from YouTube/Google/MySpace you want to see captioned? A movie trailer that I missed?

Go ahead, make a request – If I get the chance, I’ll go ahead and give it a shot.
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Reminder:
Sorry, at this time I can only caption, YouTube, Google Video, MySpace Video, Dailymotion, Veoh, Blip.tv and Archive.org online videos, so unless you can get the source, or have them uploaded, the best I could do would be a transcript. This means I am NOT able to caption HULU, NBC, and MTV stuff without a file.

[sources updated 8/20 to include Blip.tv and archive.org]

297 thoughts on “Requests

  1. HI Bill,

    I actually do not have a request – yet. I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for giving up your free time to caption these trailers. If only every one would do half of the effort that you do to serve their community, the world would be a better place. I do not know if you receive much recognition from others, but I want to ensure you that at least in my household there is a lot of appreciation for your work. I love to check your blog to catch the latest trailers!

    Keep up the good work!

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  2. Why are you captioning movie trailers that already are captioned? Do you know of this site that has captions for movie trailers? It is a UK site but it’s mostly US movies anyway. Don’t knock yourself out captioning things that already exist. Focus on You Tube if you are bored! 🙂

    Thanks

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  3. Hi Amp!

    I don’t try to caption movie trailers that are already captioned – if you notice, I do make blog posts about the captioned trailers that are on http://yourlocalcinema.com, and caption the movies that do not exist there. The category list shows the two categories:
    -Captioned Movie Trailers – The ones I do
    -Captioned Movie Trailers By ITFC (which also includes IMS) – the ones I find on yourlocal cinema.

    There are some exceptions, for movies that either:
    1. Were not yet on their site when I looked (ie, I am Legend)
    2. I could not find them when I looked. (ie Atonement)
    3. Before I knew about yourlocal cinema (Shrek 3, Spiderman 3, Evan Almighty, Bee Movie)

    I am happy to promote anyone’s work that is already done! I look to see if movies that are opening, and movies that are coming out on DVD have been captioned, through google and yourlocalcinema.com, and then put them out.

    Thanks for your comment, Amp!

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  4. Bill!! you should totally caption music videos.
    keep up the great work.
    a lot of people really appreciate what you do.
    🙂

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  5. Hello-

    I was wondering if you’d be willing to close caption the Indiana Jones movie that’s coming out soon. Thank you for your dedication. Its greatly appreciated. Keep practicing your signs!

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  6. Your blog/vlog was found in the gutter page of a popular blog aggregator. What kind of a message is that? At http://www.hear-for-life.org all blogs/vlogs will have it’s fair time on the hot list in the front page of our blog/vlog aggregator. Give the Hearing For Life Foundation the chance to market your blog and vlogs for free.

    Take a look at it. Trust me, you’ll like the idea. And it’s gonna get a cosmetic makeover.

    Richard

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  7. Hi Jane!

    That video is 59 minutes, which amounts to about 20 hours captioning. Have you inquired already of the producers whether there is a transcript available?

    I am not unwilling, but that is an extended project, given my limited spare time.

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  8. Great! I totally understand about the time issue- I’ve sent emails to Google and Mike Pollan asking for transcripts and hopefully will hear from them. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  9. Hi!

    It’s a fanatics homepage with captioning movies!
    I request captioning on the trailer to “Sweet nothing in my ears” if it’s possible?

    Thanks!

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  10. Hey, can you caption this Monty Python skit, “Four Yorkshiremen”? It was the inspiration for the deaf skit “Four Deaf Yorkshiremen”. Thanks.

    Link:

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  11. Hey Bill, can you try captioning some of the internet’s viral videos?
    I’m talking about videos like “leave britney alone” or the landlord video.

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  12. Hi Bill,

    I got two youtube video with captoned with PLY for free (up to 5k only). my plm is that they only caption up to 5 min show.

    Wonder if you will be willing to caption “ALICE Experiment, Large Hadron Collier, LHC” 8 min video?
    Here’s the link and let me know if u can.

    MILLION Thanks for your willing to help Deaf community!

    Brance

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  13. Hello, couldn’t find ur email for transcript request only. Can u do this for me plez? Thanks. Email me please.

    Pavlov’s Altoids (the office)

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  14. “Here’s One”, I captioned the trailer for that MTV series, https://billcreswell.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/mtv-true-life-im-deaf-captioned-trailer/ because it was available on YouTube.

    There are 6 episodes, only available on MTV.com, and the only way I could caption them is to illegally download and host them. If anybody’s a lawyer, it could be fun, but I don’t have the resources myself to fight ViaCom.

    So far, only one person has complained in their comments about the lack of closed captions. Please add yours. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1590956&vid=256171

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  15. Hi Bill,
    I really, really want to see the Palin interview by Katie Couric in captions. There are several segments. These aren’t funny of course, but it bothers me they aren’t captioned cuz they’re important.

    Thanks,
    Kim

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  16. Good afternoon,

    I just got an email from Dan who was offended by this video and also with many Deaf people. They flagged it but it was not removed.
    They wanted to know what they were talking about.

    I encouraged them to email or write a letter to YouTube and NAD about this video
    Here’s the link

    Thanks,
    Brance

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  17. Any chance you could caption the video at http://tinyurl.com/SeniorDTV?

    This video clip about converter boxes needed for old (analog) TVs to continue working after February 19, 2009, is really funny.

    Closed captioning for digital television transmissions is not the only problem.

    Rosaline

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  18. Hi
    I have one question… curious about your work with subtitle on video or film and was wondering how quick you can input subtitle in 5 minutes worth of content?
    Thanks
    Brian

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  19. Ecnarb, just a reminder – I am not able to caption Hulu and NBC stuff.
    Youtube pulls this stuff immediately. I can do a transcript, or if someone can provide the video clip in one of the formats above, or in wmv or similar format, I can caption it.

    Update: I think a transcript wouldn’t work very well for this video.

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  20. It would probably cost about $70 for total recorder + video, to record the video from nbc site, and then I would have to upload it illegally.

    I could start a donation fund for legal defense…..

    I am trying to work with tubecaption or overstream to add that capability, or find somebody 3rd party to create an app that would play captions along side it, but no luck so far.

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  21. Oh man. I got it from my friend. I was planning to post it in my blog. Por favor to caption this a very powerful message (that’s what he say to me).

    Thanks!
    Brance

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  22. Hello,

    Been searching around for full clip of Barack Obama Acceptance Speech in Chicago. ONly found part one of 5 captioned.

    Would you please have whole speech in either subtitled or closed captioned.

    Couldnt find full victory speech to submit. Any idea where u can swap one off?

    Thanks

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  23. Hello Bill!

    First of all, I want to thank you very much for posting closed captioned movie trailers. Now, I would like to ask you to add closed captioning into the new Star Trek movie trailer which is released a few weeks ago. It is now available at http://www.startrekmovie.com and youtube.

    Thanks! 🙂

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  24. Drew, I haven’t ignored you, but that video is difficult for me to listen to – vulgar, and his voice is annoying, but I’ll try to see if I can get past that.

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  25. i’m sorry, i didnt know what the video was about. my sister just said it was funny and i was curious. you don’t have to waste time captioning it.

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  26. This is a clip from the comedian/ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham. He has a segment about what happend when a group of deaf people came to his show in Washington DC. It was his first experience with an ASL interpreter at his performance, and things got silly.

    Thanks!

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  27. Hi,

    I was wondering if you could caption the whole president obama’s inauguration (swearing in and speech part). My friend is upset that she missed the whole thing and I was searching high and low on the internet for this kind of video but I came across your site and I thought you might be able to help out?

    If you could do this- that would be appreciated. I’m sure there’s lot of deaf people out there has missed the whole thing as well too! 🙂

    Catherine

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  28. Hey Bill-

    I was wondering if you’d could subtitle/caption the movie trailer for Two Lovers with Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw. If not- totally understand. Thanks for all of your hard work.

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  29. Hi bill, I’d love to caption my own videos which are in ASL – for people who don’t know ASL. what is the program you use to caption yours?

    Overstream?

    Thanks, Raychelle

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  30. Hello Billy!
    Just wanna say, that your are doing a fantastic thing here.
    Keep up the great work! We all greatly apprechiate what you do!!

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  31. Hi Bill,
    I would like to post two very helpful YouTube videos on hearing tests to my blog but unfortunately they are not captioned. It doesn’t feel right to me to post them as they are now as the majority of my readers have a hearing loss. I was wondering if you would consider captioning them.
    Here are the links:
    Hearing Loss: Testing and Hearing Aids : Testing the Middle Ear
    Hearing Loss: Testing and Hearing Aids : Hearing Test Demonstration
    Thanks for considering my request.
    A big fan of yours, Sarah

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  32. Hello,
    Is there a listing of upcoming May 9th opening of Star Trek in Open Captioned (actual captioned on the screen not via Rear Window viewing ) that I could check out for either New York, NJ or PA area theaters? Please email me at seitchikd@aol.com

    Thank you,
    David

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  33. Hello! First I would like to take the time to thank you for captioning online videos for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. I really appreciate that!

    I do have a request to have a certain video in response to Prop 8 captioned. Here’s the link:

    Again, thank you!

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  34. Hi Vill!

    Governor Aronld of CA and other scientists will have an offical visit at National Ignition Facility. I would love for yu to caption it for the Deaf.
    Thanks!

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  35. Hi Bill,

    Great, now I felt more friendly to use your site to watch something with caption!
    My frist request is Johnny Cash’s Hurt.

    Thanks
    Pod

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  36. Yes, I have a problem with Internet Explorer and writerep.
    I have found that if I open the witerep link in a minimized window, then it will load. Then you can maximize it and everything is ok, except/unless you refresh the page.

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  37. Bill,

    QueenAlpo sent me to your request site — I’m hoping you can caption this…

    Let me know 🙂 thanks!

    Mich

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  38. Hello Bill –

    Hope you are having a good summer! Our “I’m Hilari Scarl” Spartacus Spoof that you captioned became corrupt and I had to repost it so your old link doesn’t work.

    Can you please re-caption/re-link to the new youtube of the same video so we can add the link to our “See What I’m Saying” website?

    Thank you so much, and keep up the good work!

    Hilari Scarl

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  39. I would love to see “Sweet talking Guy” with subtitles or captions.
    Also, thank you for the work you do so people like myself can enjoy the
    things we used too. It’s blessing to me.

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  40. Wow, someone else is also doing this. Wonderful, and bless you.

    I have been learning to subtitle many songs I heard growing up BUT never could figure out all the words. So, as “Subtitleman” I have been learning to make subtitled videos for three years with Windows Movie Maker 2. I prefer the permanent subtitles so someone can download them and view any time at home.

    I am severely Hard of Hearing, really Deaf.

    Anyway blessings again to you.

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  41. Im a big fan of this comic book, Invincible and saw this video.. I m curious what the writer, Robert Kirkman was talking about..

    😀

    if able to do: no pressure-

    yet many thanks!

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  42. 2 things, the first. I am beginning a series on disability studies and all things disability on my site, and was wondering the best way to caption a youtube video, the first video is on the site but is not captioned? the video can be found at manyworldsnetwork’s youtube page. IT’s called Professor Alex Lubet Play Disability Studies Vol. 1.
    2. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to join the manyworldsnetwork community, its free of charge, you can blog at your leisure and link to your site and network with other people who have a stakehold in disability. thank you,
    Alexander Kaminsky,

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  43. Hi Bill,

    thank you for Law Abiding Citizen. I have another great trailer :).
    It looks very weird …………and funny.

    Can you caption it?

    Many thanks
    David

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  44. Could you caption trailer “The girl from monaco”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnQGv59WQgc
    I want to know what the navigator say
    Thank you very much.

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  45. Hi Bill!
    Could you please caption “art and copy” trailer? it’s about advertising and inspiration

    Love you work and Thanks you so much 🙂

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  46. First of all, I’d like to thank you to make it possible for me to translate the movie trailers to Hungarian. It would be very difficult to do that without subtitles.
    Keep up the great work and bring us new movie trailers with subtitles!

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  47. Thx for captioning the trailer above.
    2 new trailers came out: Green Zone and Invictus.
    Could you caption them?

    Thx very much!

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  48. Hello Bill !
    R u busy with many request?
    If u free please caption “paper heart” another story of love movie trailer
    with youtube link.

    Very thank.
    🙂

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  49. Sorry for asking so much, I just want to translate them to hungarian people.
    Could you caption these new trailers?:
    Prince of Persia
    Salt
    Sherlock Holmes
    Kick-Ass
    Clash of the Titans

    Thx very much!

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  50. Can you caption this interview about deaf-blind triplet:

    What you’re doing is amazing-you have no idea how much I appreciate it!!

    Rachel

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  51. Hello. I would like to thank a friend who referred me to you when I mentioned how much I would like to have a specific Youtube clip captioned.

    Hereby, with all due respect to your busy schedule, I get down on my knees and gently beg you to grant me my wish whenever you can!

    Thanks a billion in advance.

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  52. Hello bill!
    How r u ? why u don’t post a caption trailer on overstream.net about 6 day ?
    I love you work. Hope u come back soon.

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    • Hi Bill…
      I want to be on the subscribers list…I would love to know the newest videos with captions added by YOU! Don’t want to be behind! Smile! By the way thank you sooooo much for doing this captioning job for us! You are wonderful!
      Happy 2010!

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  53. Hey, man. Just to inform you that “Whip It” trailer on Overstream isn’t working. I try to watch but the video has removed.

    Congratulations for your excelent work.

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  54. Bill,

    Where can I get the .srt files so I can download them, hardcode with one of the tools and watch the trailers in our (captioned) backyard movie theater?

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  55. Hi Bill

    I have a request and would be really grateful if you could help out! I have uploaded a video of my CI activation and a friend with CI has transcribed it. It doesn’t quite match and I have just uploaded it again in txt but am not sure if it is right in terms of timing. There are also a few words missing. Would you have the time to have a look? I can email the transcript if you need it.

    Link is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUR-QyqjIYk

    All the best
    Tina

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  56. hi Bil love your trailers thansk for all your hard work do you think you could maybe caption this new eclipse trailer please

    thanks 🙂

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  57. Bill, thank you for the videos I asked!
    A new trailer came out for Black Swan, it would be nice to see it captioned.

    Thx!

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  58. Hi, I just saw your web site in passing and I think it’s great that you caption the trailers for the hearing impaired. I work (for fun) with a translation group that does movie trailers. We (mostly me, for now) caption the trailers in English first, then translate them. I noticed some of the titles we did are not in here. Would you like a copy of the subtitle files? Because it’s really no additional work from me, I just need to give you a copy of the English files I already created. I’m not here to advertise or anything (and there won’t be any in the subtitle files of course), just thought I could be of help. Let me know!

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  59. I would like to attract your attention to the new Rite trailer:

    And by the way, I checked your Jane Eyre trailer and it isn’t available to me.

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  60. Can you please please please make this caption. I’m deaf actually and I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND what are they trying to say PLEASEEEEE!!!!!

    [http://www.youtube.com/] Link removed

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  61. Hi Bill.

    I don’t know if this needs to be captioned (or not), as there is quite a bit of dialogue being “captioned” (or shown on the screen might be the appropriate term).

    Can you give it a quick look and let me know?

    Here’s the link:

    Cheers for now,
    Mike Lockrey

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      • I see. Actually I need 1 sentence from this trailer. Mickey Rourke says: “The Gods may be on your side, but … has just begun”. I can’t understand what he says there.

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  62. pCk :
    I see. Actually I need 1 sentence from this trailer. Mickey Rourke says: “The Gods may be on your side, but … has just begun”. I can’t understand what he says there.

    It sounds like “your feign has just begun”, but that doesn’t seem to make sense. I chose fight as the closest word I could, but not convinced that it’s right.

    Here’s mine http://www.captionfish.com/movies/immortals

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  63. Very nice work. I was wondering if you know of
    any sites where I could download movie trailers
    with subtitles or srt files? I’d like to use them in
    my classes.

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  64. Hi Bill. Hilari Scari recommended that I contact you about captioning for a video that I already have on YouTube. I’m a deaf musician and you can view the video by typing “Ernest-Deaf Bassist” in the search slot and watch the video. I hope you can because I”d like for more deaf viewers to enjoy the song. I also have a few more videos of my music on DVD but have no idea how to upload to YouTube. Any help in that area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

    Ernie McDaniel

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  65. Hi Bill, thanks for all you do!

    I’m a new owner of a Roku 2 device that I use for Netflix and Huluplus captioned video.

    I’ve noticed that Roku 2 has a lot of free channels for special interest groups (but not deaf user groups). I’m wondering if there are technophiles that have an interest in setting up a Deaf Friendly Roku 2 channel for other deaf Roku 2 users to enjoy. I have no idea what might be involved or if one might be in the works from the captioning blogroll you feature here.

    Just asking. Thanks for reading. I have a post at
    http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=45399&start=0

    Thanks!

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  66. Bill,

    Do you have information on pricing differences between all the captioning providers? My company is looking at it and we have one quote but can’t tell if the price is in line with the market and whether the quality is compatible. Thanks

    – Alok

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