The Braid
by a11y
Sign language video, captions, audio description and transcripts — made by the communities that need them, and attached to the things they belong to. A film, a plaque, a web page, a place.
Contributed once, reachable from anywhere. An app that knows what somebody is looking at can ask what exists for it, and play it back with the person who made it credited.
How it works
- Somebody records a companion — signing what a plaque says, describing what a scene shows — and says what it is for.
- A reviewer checks it, and it is published against that source.
- Any app can then find it — from a scanned code, a photographed sign, a video already playing, or where somebody is standing.
Now accessible
- Fort SantiagoPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
- Rizal ParkAreaEasy read
Now in Easy read.
- Manila City HallPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
- BookTextSign language
Now in Sign language.
- IntramurosAreaEasy read
Now in Easy read.
- San Agustin ChurchPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
- Manila CathedralPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
- Goldilocks and The Three Bears (Page 2)Text · Goldilicks and The Three Bears bookSign language
Now in Sign language.
- Goldilocks and The Three Bears (Page 4)Text · Goldilicks and The Three Bears book (page 4)Sign language
Now in Sign language.
- National Library of the PhilippinesPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
- Goldilocks and The Three Bears (Page 6)Text · When Goldilocks saw the cottage, she became very curious about who lived there. She went right up to the cottage,Sign language
Now in Sign language.
- National Museum of AnthropologyPlaceEasy read
Now in Easy read. See it on a map
Two things that are not negotiable
Contributors keep ownership and can withdraw a recording at any time. Withdrawal is immediate, and every app carrying a copy is obliged to delete it.
Nobody watching is identified. The interface apps use knows which app is asking and nothing about the person holding the phone. It is not built to know.