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[drkpaladin]

I've seen/heard Adrianna more often than Adrian for girls, and then it gets shortened to the nickname Adrian anyways, which is a bit more of a boy's name.  No big deal, just like how people named Joanna get called Joan or Jo anyways.

[Lac]

I couldn't see an obvious way to do it with Microsoft's Media Player though.

Despite zero interest in subtitling, I've kept on the case.  Mainly for my own edification; but I've posted here in case some people without English as a first language find it useful.

I've finally worked out how to get Windows Media Player (mine's v11) to do the subtitling:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1)
Put "Dwarf_Fortress_Talk_13.mp3" (from the download page - right click and 'save link as')
and "Dwarf_Fortress_Talk_13.smi" (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4290 (sorry, had to ZIP it for DFFD))
in the same folder, NB The names must be identical apart from the extensions.
2)
Change a security setting in Windows Media Player (caution: I admit I don't know why the option defaults to off, and exactly what the risks are, but you can always put it back again after you've listened to the podcast)
Tick the checkbox for Tools/Options/Security/"show local captions when present"
3)
Then just play the .mp3 and the subtitles should come in (yellow on blue at the bottom of the screen) when the talking starts.
Sorry about the small font; I probably should have played with shorter lines.  If you don't see any, then you could check "Play/Lyrics, Captions, and Subtitles" and see if 'DFTalk Subtitles' is an option you can choose.

PS
I also investigated combining the audio and subtitles into a single file.  I eventually managed 'hardcoded' subtitles as a video, but the filesize was massive.  I then managed a .OGV file with embedded KATE subtitles (but WMP can't cope with it and crashes!).  I suspect I could create a WMV with embedded ASF caption text; but I don't really see the point now I've got the .mp3/.smi combination working.)

[mallocks]

I actually found it a really interesting idea Lac, although not something that's necessary for me as such. It looked like it would take quite a long time to do though?

[Lac]

Well I've spent several mandays on it; became a bit of an obsessive personal quest; and I'm glad to be finished with it!  I must have downloaded a couple of dozen audio/video/subtitle utilities.
But now my VB program exists (I posted it on DFFD) to split your excellent transcriptions up into caption-able (2 lines of 60 chars) chunks; it only takes one real-time listen-through of the audio to mark the time intervals using a subtitle editor program (as long as you don't get distracted by the content!).  So if people did like it, it could be fitted to previous/future DFTalks pretty easily.

[Paranatural]

You and your West Coast meetups!

[Rainseeker]

On-topic, I do like the rough organization of the transcript page, that's a nice touch. I'm wondering, do you plan on having future DF Talks be shorter and more, "narrow" is the word I suppose? Or do you see this as more of an abberation/experiment you are unlikely to continue?

I'm not sure how I feel about a format change, although given the recent surge in DF talk frequency I have nothing to complain about. Thanks to all involved!

The format actually didn't change that much.  Format is as follows:  Talk about a DF topic until we get tired or run out of things to say.    Sometimes it'll be shorter, and I actually would prefer a shorter podcast that we get out more frequently than a huge one that we get out every other month.

[Rainseeker]

this has been my favourite talk so far because I was thanked just for running with the name someone gave me like 20 years ago.

Lucky... as a "Melissa", I doubt my name will ever come up in the rotation 

Thanks for listening, Melissa!  I think that name is awesome!  If I had a daughter, "Melissa" would be in the running!

[Rainseeker]

Well I've spent several mandays on it; became a bit of an obsessive personal quest; and I'm glad to be finished with it!  I must have downloaded a couple of dozen audio/video/subtitle utilities.
But now my VB program exists (I posted it on DFFD) to split your excellent transcriptions up into caption-able (2 lines of 60 chars) chunks; it only takes one real-time listen-through of the audio to mark the time intervals using a subtitle editor program (as long as you don't get distracted by the content!).  So if people did like it, it could be fitted to previous/future DFTalks pretty easily.

I'm not sure, I'll talk to Toady about this.  But I love your initiative, and your volunteering to help the community!  This is what DF is all about, people having fun together, and helping to make it MORE fun!