GitNation, known for organizing JavaScript and React conferences, has rolled out significant updates to its video platform. These new features are designed to improve content accessibility and discoverability for developers worldwide and marks the start of ongoing localisation efforts with more languages to follow.
As a community-driven foundation with a strong international presence, GitNation has always celebrated diversity in tech. Our events feature speakers from across the globe, sharing insights on the technologies that power modern web development.
With our ongoing translation initiative, we're breaking down language barriers to improve access to presentations from early adopters and open source projects developers use daily.
This aligns with our mission to connect developers across all continents, ensuring valuable knowledge reaches our global community regardless of language preferences.
Robert Haritonov, GitNation co-founder
Key Updates:
Talks and Workshops Translation
- Our entire library of English talks is now available in Spanish
- Talk titles, descriptions, and full transcripts have been translated
- Translations are seamlessly integrated with our video player subtitles for a smooth viewing experience
Content Summarisation Features
- We generate Frequently Asked Questions for each content, helping to navigate topic, also available in Spanish
- Skim through the talk using automatic Chapters and Chapter Summaries and play the portion of video most relevant to you
Multilingual Vector Search
- We've implemented advanced vector search technology
- Users can now search for content based on meaning, not just exact word matches
- The search functionality supports Spanish and other languages, enhancing content discovery across our platform
Content lists translation
- Home page now has a language switcher, allowing easy language switching for the suggested content
- Translated event pages
Beta Video Dubbing
Some most popular talks now also offer Spanish audio track that you can select in the video player settings, see examples in the following talks:
- Crafting Pristine React: Best Practices for Maintainable Code
- Why You Should Use Redux in 2024
- You Can’t Use Hooks Conditionally… or Can You?
Developers can explore these new features now at GitNation.com. We welcome feedback from our community as we continue to refine and expand these capabilities.
We are already working on adding additional translations into other languages, stay tuned!
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