Monthly Archives: September 2009

Rich Media PDFs

By vic.uzumeri | Published: September 12, 2009
You've seen multimedia that you would love to use in corporate communication. Unfortunately, the corporate IT department is very security-conscious. They resist installing a new server or web application inside the firewall, and they forbid putting corporate information on outside hosts. They 'encourage' everyone use the company's secure document management system (.e.g., Lotus Notes or Microsoft Sharepoint) for all business communication. Is video out of the question?
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Modernizing the Knowledge Supply Chain

By vic.uzumeri | Published: September 12, 2009
I wrote a blog article a little while ago entitled 'Video Speaks Every Language'. I thought it made a useful point about the difficulty of transmitting technical knowledge across cultural and linguistic borders. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I had seen this problem before. Then it hit me. Its just another supply chain.
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Video Speaks Every Language

By vic.uzumeri | Published: September 10, 2009
Text-to-text translation is an inherently risky process. There are at least 5 distinct intellectual steps in the process of sending text-based expert knowledge to someone in a different language and culture. Each step demands the engagement of a motivated, knowledgeable expert to move the information forward to the next stage.
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Voiceovers for Big Flash Media Projects

By vic.uzumeri | Published: September 10, 2009
We have a lot of hard-won experience in the management of multi-lingual voiceovers for large, multi-clip, Flash video and animation projects. These types of projects pose some subtle design issues that are typically not encountered on smaller projects.
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