Effect.AI — Newsletter January 2020

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Effect Network

5 min readJan 31, 2020

Dear Community,

2020 is shaping up to be a big year for Effect.AI, as we’re embarking on ambitious plans for our network of Artificial Intelligence. This first month has been productive, and will provide a solid foundation for our services in translation and subtitling. As bringing more tasks to Effect Force is a main objective, we’re pleased that 33,499 tasks were completed in January by our community members. They also translated and transcribed 39 videos on Rosette.

In this newsletter we’ll first take you through the recent changes to Rosette, and talk about the improvements to the translation workflow. Then we’ll dive into the upcoming referral campaign and show you how to get prepared. We’ll recap the monthly AMA that was recorded last Thursday and, most importantly, look ahead at the next steps!

Rosette Progress

Our translation engine is up and running, and we’ve overhauled the subtitle and transcription process to make tasks better for our translators. Visual changes were introduced to the transcription and translation tools, and you will soon see a full end-to-end redesign of the backend of Rosette. To improve the customer experience for orders, checkout and overall experience we will also be releasing a fully redesigned frontend (website).

Translators are an integral part of Rosette. We’re continually making improvements to balance the needs of a diverse workforce and are incorporating cutting-edge technology during this process. To guarantee high transcript quality, we have also updated our proofreading and grading systems.

These system and process updates will ensure that Rosette can grow as required in the coming months.

Preparing for the Rosette Referral Program

The Rosette journey was always meant to be guided by a community driven Referral & Affiliate Program to promote the Rosette services to the world. As the setup and organization of the program is being finalized, it’s time to prepare yourself and get a head start. In the next 2 to 3 weeks we will be releasing the Rosette Affiliate Program to the entire universe. In the next few days, Effect.AI community members will be given a head start on the registration processes to get a sneak peak on how the program works and how to create your riches from it!

What’s important to know about the program, is that it’s a multi-tier affiliate system. This means that when you onboard new affiliates you’ll always receive rewards for the efforts of people you introduce to the program. That’s right: you’ll receive part of their rewards forever. This provides a huge benefit for early adopters and promoters of the program. No no no, it’s not a silly pyramid scheme… It’s based on the margins of the Rosette service being distributed amongst the promoters (Affiliates). It is how most online Affiliate programs work. All the information, terms and conditions will be available very soon!

At the core of the affiliate program is identifying YouTube channels that could benefit from subtitles.

3 steps to get prepared:

Make a list of YouTubers you are sure could benefit from Rosette multilingual subtitles or the translations of their YouTube video title & Description
Make a list of people you think can sell Rosette’s service so you can invite them to be an Affiliate.
Register HERE to gain early access.

What is coming up ⇾ February

Here’s an overview of what to expect in February.

Rosette: Referral & Affiliate Program. The referral sign ups will start in the beginning of February. An extensive update and blog post will be released along with instructions on how to register.
New Languages on Effect Force. French, German, Georgian and Portuguese will be added to the core languages of our NLP services.
Also, the process will be started for validator onboarding. All systems and forms are ready to go: in February the official onboarding procedure of new validators for Rosette will begin.
Opening of the Effect AI & Blockchain Center. After many weeks of hard work, renovation, and bureaucracy, the official grand opening of the Rustavi Center is planned for the end of February.
Kick-off of new video series. Chris has produced a new series of short videos about TEN, Rosette, and the value of online accessibility. The first of these videos will be premiering early in February as part of the Rosette Affiliate Program
Improved Rosette.AI website. Improved customer experience for orders and fulfillment.

What is coming up ⇾ March

Looking ahead, these are some important topics that will be addressed in March:

Detailed Token Map. This was a recurring request in the community — so the Effect.AI team will publish a complete overview of the state of the EFX token distribution.
Specification of the NFX Voting protocol. The first step to decentralized governance will the TEN proposal and NFX voting system. A detailed blog post and testnet implementation can be expected in March.
Open NLP tools for Effect Force. Increased quality and throughput of video content requires more refined tools for working with Natural Language data. This includes an improved and open source subtitle editor.
New Effect Force & Effect Translate website. To clearly communicate the value proposition of the NLP services on the Effect Network.

Thanks for reading!