Dubjoy

Creative

video dubbing

SHOW HN2012

53points
16comments
#447of 1,677 in 2012
Top 27%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

7 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and impressive execution

    From 3 comments
    • Tried it and I love it.. So simple..
      matevzpetek on HN
    • Seen this when it was still very rough. Huge progress so far. Keep it up.
      tomazstolfa on HN
    • This is one of those projects that looks like with just the right combination it'll take off. I can see Chinese people especially translating a huge deal of dramas, technical…
      sgrove on HN
  • Helps spread good video content to wider audiences

    From 3 comments
    • This thing is amazing. Helping ordanary people spread good video content to a wider audience is great, and just think of all the Ted talks that could be dubbed like this. Sadly I…
      zidar on HN
    • I like the idea. it has the potential of making a change and enabling people to do new things.
      gdonelli on HN
    • Pretty good long term goal, but I think it's awesome you're basically helping spread stuff to a wider audience.
      zidar on HN

Objections

  • Browser support limited to Chrome; Flash voice recording broke in Chromium and a Chrome release

    From 3 comments
    • I've tried using your app in Chromium (on Ubuntu 12.10), but the the flash permission doesn't show up (http://imgur.com/VD25h). It seems to be working in Google Chrome, though.
      ensmotko on HN
    • It's been a rough ride for us regarding browser compatibility. In the beginning we wanted to support them all, but then quickly boiled it down to just Chrome. It's a really good…
      tadruj on HN
    • I don't understand how Google can push out a broken version of Chrome for voice recording. All the services that use voice recording are broken now.
      rf45 on HN
  • Dubbing-first direction seen as wrong; suggested an overlay on existing YouTube videos instead

    From 1 comment
    • That's completely wrong direction IMO, and there's no market called 'Youtube for non-English users'. You should implement a HTML5 overlay so users could enable dubs on any…
      Geee on HN

Requests

  • Add subtitling

    From 1 comment
    • This is one of those projects that looks like with just the right combination it'll take off. I can see Chinese people especially translating a huge deal of dramas, technical…
      sgrove on HN
  • Support Firefox and other browsers

    From 1 comment
    • It's been a rough ride for us regarding browser compatibility. In the beginning we wanted to support them all, but then quickly boiled it down to just Chrome. It's a really good…
      tadruj on HN

Questions

  • What are the long-term goals for Dubjoy?

    From 1 comment
    • This is one of those projects that looks like with just the right combination it'll take off. I can see Chinese people especially translating a huge deal of dramas, technical…
      sgrove on HN

Alternatives named

  • Amara (subtitling)

    From 1 comment
    • We're thinking subtitling might help with dubbing efforts but we won't go in subtitles direction for now. Amara has this field covered really good. Long term goal is to become a…
      tadruj on HN

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