About the program

As part of the BIRD initiative we aim to create a tool which can speed up the adoption of Same Language Subtitling SLS among the content producers for the entire country. This will ensure that 200M weak readers and 30M readers with accessibility to get regular reading exposure with content having SLS. This tool will create SRT files by taking a video file and its text file. We aim for the tool to support the following languages Tamil Telugu Kannada for now. Goals MidPoint Milestone Goal 1 Achieve 60 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Tamil Language. Achieve 60 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Telugu Language. Achieve 60 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Kannada Language. Goal 2 Achieve 70 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Tamil Language. Achieve 70 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Telugu Language. Achieve 70 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Kannada Language. Goal 3 Achieve 80 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Tamil Language. Achieve 80 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Telugu Language. Achieve 80 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Kannada Language. Goal 4 Achieve 90 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Tamil Language. Achieve 90 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Telugu Language. Achieve 90 accuracy in timing accuracy of SRT files in Kannada Language. The midpoint milestones will be completion of Goal 1 and Goal 2. Expected Outcome 1.The input will be a video file and its script in text file format The text will be utf8 encoding. 2.The output will be an SRT file with timecode for each line of the script. Acceptance Criteria 1.We will use the VLC media player to check the time accuracy of the generated SRT file. 2.This will be used to verify the completion of the goals too. 3. We will use multiple video files to check if the tool is versatile Implementation Details Python or any other technical stack.

Perks

1. Lucrative stipend of INR 1 lakh over a period of 3 months. 2. Dedicated 11 mentorship by industry experts. 3. Handson experience to hone your skills. 4 .Access to bootcamps and expert sessions. 5 .Potential job extended internship opportunities. 6. Opportunity to network with global opensource tech leaders.

Who can apply?

Only those candidates can apply who:

1. are from Any,
2. and specialisation from Any,
3. are available for duration of 3 Months
4. have relevant skills and interests

Terms of Engagement

1. 50000 received on completion of midpoint milestone as decided with mentor. 2. 50000 received on completion of final milestone as decided with mentor. 3. Certificate of completion received on successful completion of internship.

Number of openings

1