User:Satdeep Gill/Sandbox

Transcribing Oral Knowledge on Wikisource

Subtitling Workflow

Selecting a file

• Select a video or audio file on Wikimedia Commons that you want to transcribe
  • Existing file on Wikimedia Commons
    • Or
  • Upload a new file (Read more on Commons)
• Copy the original file link (usually just below the file on the left hand side and starts with https://upload.wikimedia.org/)

Creating closed captions

• Go to Amara.org and login (First-time users create a new account)
  • Click on Start Subtitling and Click on Begin under Subtitle for Free on Amara Public option
  • Click on Add Videos
    • Add the Original file link in the Video URL field > Select the video language > Add to Amara Public
  • Click on the Add/Edit subtitles dialog > Select a language under Add new subtitles
  • Start subtitling (Watch a tutorial on Youtube)

Wikisource Workflow

Commons workflow

• Download the .srt files and .txt files from Amara
• Add the .srt file to the file on Wikimedia Commons
• Create a page on Wikisource for the specific video document (Example परबत ते डेरा तेरा कामिया)
  • Embed the video from Commons and add copy the text from the .txt file

Starting Wikisource in a new language

• Create a Main Page for the language on wikisource.org (Example Main Page/कांगड़ी)
• Add the language in Template:AllLanguages
• After fulfilling the minimum content and community criteria, to request the creation of a separate subdomain, follow the instructions on Meta-Wiki: m:Requests for new languages