Looks like theres a final surprise in the form of a song in Apollo now that it’s closed.
Can anyone identify the artist?
EDIT: someone managed to find it. From Christian’s YouTube page:
A fun parody of Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember You performed by the incredible Zoe Wynns
Image Transcription: Image with Text:
[The mascot icon for the app ‘Apollo for Reddit’, a small cartoon-style astronaut’s head, is shown smiling in from of a pink heart, with two smaller hearts floating above it. There is a white volume icon in the upper right corner and white text below the icon. The image has a black background.]
Thank You
Apollo shut down on June 30th due to reddit making drastic and sudden increases to API pricing for developers.
It was an absolute honour to build Apollo for you all over the last 9 years, I loved every minute of it.
If you’d like to continue to support me, there’s some options below!
- Christian (u/iamthatis)
^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
Good human
Glad to know you guys are still around -
Glad to know we’re still remembered
I’ve never needed the transcription service myself but it always warmed my heart when you guys pop up in a comment sections
Glad to see this has come to Lemmy! Keep up the great work friend!
Hey, I would like to help with this, but I want to make sure I do it right and do not repeat any already existing transcripts. It gives me something productive to do on my phone that is hopefully better for my mental health and helps my fellow humans.
I usually scroll through the comments looking for the word “transcription”, and if I don’t see it, I go ahead. Should get easier for me once they implement search in comments on liftoff, which is hopefully soon. As for formats, you can find the formatting on the r/TranscribersOfReddit sub, and you can ask the discord if you have any questions. I’m on there too, and the mods may seem scary at first but trust me they’re really kind and just happy that you’re there trying to help. It’s volunteer work, after all.
The only big rule is if you aren’t doing it through ToR using the proper reddit queue (which is no longer active due to the bot shutting down from the API limits), then you need to change or remove the footer, and dont link to the ToR subreddit.
It’s an amazing community and honestly some of my recent transcriptions have been me trying to fight off my own depression by doing this. So you aren’t alone in those reasons, and it can be really nice to see just how much it helps people. Daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s super easy.
If you want to get started, but aren’t sure if you’re doing it right, feel free to ping me in a reply to your transcription on here and I can read it over and give you some pointers if needed. Best of luck!
Ayy it’s good to see you guys over here o7