Post ASqLdiBRBLACJBv0EK by pmb@universeodon.com
(DIR) More posts by pmb@universeodon.com
(DIR) Post #ASqHr9RClLa0mgRkES by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T16:06:36Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I do interview shows just rarely enough that every time I get 3/4 of the way through the transcript, I'm thinking it would have been 100% worth it to pay for human transcription .... and then I forget by the time I do the next one.#podcasting #transcription
(DIR) Post #ASqJ2L1a7jU3rLMMKG by BarbChamberlain@toot.community
2023-02-19T16:19:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@grammargirl Have you ever tried turning on voice to text and then playing the show to see how much it picks up? I'm going to try that with something I was in to see if I can get the raw version.
(DIR) Post #ASqKF9GrEbWP7oB33I by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T16:33:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BarbChamberlain I use a pretty good automated transcription service (Rev), but it still requires a lot of nitpicky clean up with things like punctuation and putting quotation marks around titles.
(DIR) Post #ASqKMfbBRGfZPnGrQm by jemal@jemal.contact
2023-02-19T16:34:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@grammargirl I run the wikis for a couple podcasts and the Mac Whisper app (on sale on GumRoad of aall things) does a pretty good job of getting the correct text, but does not produce a usable transcript, as it doesn’t separate voices, so you just get a river of text.
(DIR) Post #ASqKMzDoTrrKH6UTmS by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T16:34:46Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BarbChamberlain It would be interesting to see what voice-to-text could do, but I don't think for me it would be any better than the automated service. (Of course, it has the benefit of being free, but I'm willing to pay for better results.)
(DIR) Post #ASqKWVqWYNOM418j20 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T16:36:29Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@jemal I've heard that Whisper is good too, but because my show is about writing, I feel like the text needs to be properly formatted. For me, it's not just for cutting tape.
(DIR) Post #ASqKiwo28wVx9Yu7gu by jemal@jemal.contact
2023-02-19T16:38:43Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@grammargirl oh sure, this is why I have not yet produced transcripts worth publishing. But so far it is better than transcribing manually - and I say this as a former Arabic transcriptionist.
(DIR) Post #ASqLdiBRBLACJBv0EK by pmb@universeodon.com
2023-02-19T16:43:29Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@jemal @grammargirl If the dictation has time stamps, I wonder if you could feed it separate audio tracks and use a program to merge the output. You would still have to clean it up. It would depend on how much work the cleanup is as to whether or not it’s a time savings.
(DIR) Post #ASqLdilwzaN28R0A8u by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T16:48:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@pmb @jemal The output is merged with Rev. It's just that I need to clean up the text to make it essentially read like a fully edited article.I'm sure it's fantastic for 98% of people's needs, and it's actually a great automated tool. But a human transcriptionist should take care of the hour or two or clean up I need to do. (And the upgrade is available within Rev. I just forget that I want it.)
(DIR) Post #ASqNElGOnF0UWuTB32 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-02-19T17:06:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@jemal @pmb As I read people's comments, I'm realizing my automated transcription is fine. What I actually need is an editor.
(DIR) Post #ASqNKZ9mibccie8yie by jemal@jemal.contact
2023-02-19T17:07:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@grammargirl @pmb LOLOLOL so many of us do. 😀
(DIR) Post #ASqOdb5vpziGBYyqDg by BarbChamberlain@toot.community
2023-02-19T17:22:35Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@grammargirl I type like the wind so I also wonder if it's worth it to go through the pain of cleanup. I can't quite keep up with human speech but if I pause it every so often I can be pretty efficient.