Comments on: Transcribe Podcasts http://lifekludger.net/2005/12/27/transcribe-podcasts/ life = life; kludge = workaround Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:56:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave the Lifekludger http://lifekludger.net/2005/12/27/transcribe-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-28817 Dave the Lifekludger Tue, 01 May 2007 20:45:19 +0000 http://lifekludger.net/?p=53#comment-28817 Hi Swapna, thanks for your comment. The issue it seems is that there is no automated way to get audio transcribed to textlike there is text->audio. I think this is an issue because podcasting is often an amateur pursuit - unlike Mr Curry, the majority of podcasters wouldn't have the wherewithall to provide a transcript. This is why I was focused on finding a seemless way to do transcription, so just like I do with the Talkr service, automatically converting my text blog posts to audio, the reverse could be done with my podcasts.,.(I wish). Cheers, Dave Hi Swapna, thanks for your comment. The issue it seems is that there is no automated way to get audio transcribed to textlike there is text->audio. I think this is an issue because podcasting is often an amateur pursuit – unlike Mr Curry, the majority of podcasters wouldn’t have the wherewithall to provide a transcript. This is why I was focused on finding a seemless way to do transcription, so just like I do with the Talkr service, automatically converting my text blog posts to audio, the reverse could be done with my podcasts.,.(I wish).

Cheers, Dave

]]> By: Swapna http://lifekludger.net/2005/12/27/transcribe-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-28816 Swapna Tue, 01 May 2007 11:01:41 +0000 http://lifekludger.net/?p=53#comment-28816 You raise an extremely relevan tissue when you talk of deaf having no access to the rich world of podcasting.Since listening is the key to this technology as well as the reason for its success,the deaf have no reason and hence no available avenue to access this technology.However,there will be some amongst the deaf who would want to know about what certain podcasts say.A popular podcast like that of Adam Curry will be topics of discussions and hence the deaf will be forced to find out all about it.The idea is,therefore,to post a transcribed copy of the podcast alongwith the podcast.This is not only to reach out to the wider audience comprising the deaf but also helps in getting the page indexed by search engines.Many Podcasting Transcription Companies are flooded with transcription work of this kind and have the requisite expertise cum infrastructure to transcribe podcasts for clients. You raise an extremely relevan tissue when you talk of deaf having no access to the rich world of podcasting.Since listening is the key to this technology as well as the reason for its success,the deaf have no reason and hence no available avenue to access this technology.However,there will be some amongst the deaf who would want to know about what certain podcasts say.A popular podcast like that of Adam Curry will be topics of discussions and hence the deaf will be forced to find out all about it.The idea is,therefore,to post a transcribed copy of the podcast alongwith the podcast.This is not only to reach out to the wider audience comprising the deaf but also helps in getting the page indexed by search engines.Many Podcasting Transcription Companies are flooded with transcription work of this kind and have the requisite expertise cum infrastructure to transcribe podcasts for clients.

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