[accessibleimage] describing Utube videos - Videotag

Hi,
Here's something that might give you a feeling of what it's like to be a simultaneous translator. 
Videotag is an online game- the object is to describe videos for VI.
a research project similar to the ESP game but for videos.
http://www.videotag.co.uk
Regards,
Lisa
"Objective *Can the tags entered be useful in creating descriptive text descriptions of internet video, in order to improve accessibility of video for visually impaired users? *Pitfalls = basic level tags. By avoiding pitfalls it is hoped that more descriptive tags will be entered. *Assess the quality of the tags based on their semantic level. Basic level being of lower quality than, subordinate level, descriptive tags. *Example: A video of 2 cats chasing each other up a tree. Basic tags might be Cat, Tree, Chase. More descriptive tags could include the breed of cat, whether it is in a garden, street or park, colour of the cats, the season, an indication of the weather, snow, sunny. Any other distinguishing objects in the video."
There are two ways to tag, you can either enter a tag blind, without any suggestions - you score more points this way, or you can ask for a suggestion by clicking the Suggest a Tag button. You will be given a suggestion of what to tag, but not actually given a tag, you score less points for this option, but it is useful if you're stuck for inspiration. 


Videos
Videos in the game are selected at random from a selection of YouTube videos, a Skip Video button is available if you do not like a video, have tagged it before, or have run out of inspiration before the end of the video and would like to tag a new one. 


Levels
The game will consist of five levels, each subsequent level being more difficult than the previous one. 


Pitfalls
The game will involve pitfalls where points can be lost. A pitfall is a tag that is too obvious, the catch is that there may be more than one obvious tag, or more than one pitfall. 
Level 1 = 2 pitfalls;
Level 2 = 3 pitfalls;
Level 3 = 4 pitfalls;
Level 4 = 5 pitfalls;
Level 5 = 6 pitfalls;


Scoring
You will score points throughout the game and be entered onto a leaderboard.* 
200 Points will be awarded for entering a Blind tag.
150 points will be awarded for using a Suggested tag.
500 points will be deducted if you enter a Pitfall tag.
1000 bonus points awarded for filling out the questionnaire.


Cheating
Beware, tags are moderated, if you enter a tag that is not relevent to the video, you will be stripped of your points and entered on to the board of shame. Please respect the goal of the experiment and enter meaningful tags.
* If you play as a guest instead of registering a username, you will only be allowed to play level 1 and your score will not be entered onto the leaderboard. 


http://www.videotag.co.uk/images/videotagposter.gif

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