Sign language for sale?
Scoble is on my list of Twitter friends, which translates as my phone going off every 2 minutes. He's at SXSW (which incidentally I've really wanted to attend since 2004 - small question, who pays for BSL/English interpreters?)
Anyhow, the point of this post, Scoble mentions in one of his messages Aweli are into "virtual product placement ads on videos". Which translates as vlogs carrying adverts, and the vlogger getting paid for it. I've blogged about getting paid for vlogging before, and how the Deaf community could and should utilise this a bit more. Due to our visual nature, we are more likely to watch videos as a method of communicating than hearing communities, thus a perfect opportunity. Someone should bridge a gap between companies such as Aweli and the deaf market (even as general consumers), to make this happen. Perhaps even set up an outlet yourself?
Its about vloggers getting paid to produce and in some ways encouraging uptake. There's of course the downside, and revenue streams should never dictate content as it compromises the impartiality of blogging. That said, do we really want to be bombarded with adverts? Sign language for sale?
Comments
I don't want anymore fricking ads.
And if they become part of def vids. I will stop watching and stop supporting them!
Want ads, keep them sepearet form the content.
Let's not become ad junkies or media whores!
Posted by: Tony Nicholas | March 11, 2007 12:27 AM
Tony - You'll love my site then...I'll never advertise.
Next vlog - About why CocaCola is a fantastic product...ahem...
Posted by: JGJones | March 11, 2007 7:49 PM
You raise some interesting points, and I will admit that I lose my patience with an advert at the front of a video. Would you feel the same about adverts at the end?
When it comes to writing, text has the choice of putting adverts on their site, thus why not the same question re sign language? If we want to generate professional bloggers in our own community, then at some point some people are going to have to be paid for it. By professional, I mean sites with quality and a high volume of content.
The question is how?
- Adverts?
- Paid content such as Marqui was? (Don't really like this model as it detracts from impartiality)
- Paid up subscribers? Really don't think this is going to work either.
Yes I would like to see blogging kept free, and essentially a grassroot movement... however as a community we should still have the same opportunities, chance of structure as the mainstream.
Posted by: Alison | March 11, 2007 9:32 PM
Consider the bridge being built.
I am the CEO of Aweli and would really like to discuss what we can do to help enable your vision for the changing media landscape.
Our dynamic product placement service is intended for videoblogs that are more show-like, similar to those found on Blip. However, we obviously won't mind if it's adopted by others, as well. You can try a demo of the service here.
That said, what can we do to use the technology implementation in another way? For example, if you wanted to watch a video from a Japanese vlogger, how could you do so? What if someone volunteered to do the translation via video, and then we dynamically place the language-appropriate translation in a corner? Does that make sense? Would it be useful?
Just because we're supposed to write on paper, doesn't mean we can't fold it into a plane.
Posted by: joshpaul | March 13, 2007 8:31 AM