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Has anyone come across the site for the Chinese culture lab recently?

 

I stumbled across it and thought it was very interesting and useful - it provides some functionality to watch embedded Youtube videos, but with subtitles over the video, which you can hover over to show the dictionary definition of the word. You can also switch between traditional and simplified subtitles without affecting the video, not to mention a reasonable selection of content (tv shows, music videos, cartoons etc).

 

Does anyone know who created the site, how content is managed etc? It would be good to see if with more available content. Or, if anyone knows of a similar type of website that would be great! 

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Does anyone know who created the site, how content is managed etc?

 

There was a reddit post by the creator, with info on how it all gets put together 

http://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/30it73/my_web_app_learn_chinese_by_watching_tv_shows/

 

It would be good to see if with more available content. Or, if anyone knows of a similar type of website that would be great!

 

I guess, it is just a version of things like fluentU, which in turn were a version of yabla etc -- which is to say : possibly more style over substance. Content is the point, which the guy who put it together recognizes.

 

Another alternative is to just get a list of content that has softsubs / transcripts, and then just play that video and have a reader alongside in another window. Just as quick and easy, and you are not limited to whatever the site gives you - you can watch a broad range of stuff.

 

I think the creator is looking to allow the site to run with any softsub video, but, I mean, even this is just a small subset of tv/video with transcripts, which in turn is just a subset of all native audio/video content with transcripts, which is a small subset of the language online. You can pretty much always get the same (or better) result just playing original video/audio and putting softsubs/transcript into a reader alongside.

 

By better result, I mean things like:

 

-audio such as transcripted talk back radio is accessible

-transcripted (but not-soft-sub'ed) online tv is instantly accessible, even to a beginner

-you are taking responsibility for your own learning

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