Like others noted, subtitles sound like a major opportunity.
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#12Why not convert it into a community-powered video translation site (and possibly add subtitling capabilities- allow users to enter text to display at bottom)? Also, why not market the kids and teenagers that want to do MST3000-like overdubbing? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000 ) You might have trouble getting people to pay for it, but maybe you could convert to a non-profit if the goal was…
Oh, thanks about this one. And yeah, definitely, I should put somewhere telling what it does.
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#13It sounds like a cool product. So I suppose you could also do just subtitles? Maybe the need for voice translations does not emerge that often, because in most cases, if you are interested in a certain field, you either know the language already, or it is really niche. For example IT conference talks - most people would already speak English, even if they are not native speakers. However, not being a native speaker o…
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Oh, thanks about this one. And yeah, definitely, I should put somewhere telling what it does.
As a user, it seems that the main purpose of this site is to consume videos posted by someone. The "Cast now" button tells me nothing. I hope I don't appear too negative, but I think you have missed a lot of potential users. It's little that tells me that this is something other than "break.com" for games.
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#15It sounds like a cool product. So I suppose you could also do just subtitles? Maybe the need for voice translations does not emerge that often, because in most cases, if you are interested in a certain field, you either know the language already, or it is really niche. For example IT conference talks - most people would already speak English, even if they are not native speakers. However, not being a native speaker o…
We are actually repositioning eLive as eDole: the first social Karaoke webservice. Imagine: you just have the largest music catalog for cover songs EVER : Youtube :D And the subtitles thing is definitely a good point. Thanks so much folks !
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We are actually repositioning eLive as eDole: the first social Karaoke webservice. Imagine: you just have the largest music catalog for cover songs EVER : Youtube :D And the subtitles thing is definitely a good point. Thanks so much folks !
Perhaps you could take it one step further from karaoke and put an American Idol spin on it. Competitions, prizes, Internet fame. If you could somehow pull in a celebrity partner or sponsor, this could become an even greater possibility.