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Re:High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads by toss1 on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:47AM (#27235560)
Totally agree that a good transcript is way better in almost all cases (except where actual moving visual demo actually helps).

However, are there any good automated transcription tools that can make a good transcript from an imperfect YouTube video? Most of what I've seen is good for humor, and I've even seen some used in a legal deposition context that are downright dangerous (inserting most likely word or phrase in place of what was actually said, so actively decreasing and corrupting info content). This might not be as disastrous for a lecture where there are also office hours, but... anything good out there?

Re:High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads by ghaff on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:50AM (#27235611)
>are there any good automated transcription tools that can make a good transcript

Automated? No. But if you're willing to pay $1/minute and the audio is good/accents aren't too heavy/etc. there are a bunch of options.

Re:High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads by jbaber on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:49AM (#27243597)
Any you'd recommend?
Re:High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads by 3Scribe on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:31PM (#27280475)
Maybe you'd like to try us out at https://3scri.be. Like I offered above, if you'd like to sign up and drop us a line at [email protected] mentioning this thread I can add a hour on top of the 30 minutes trial.
Re:High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads by 3Scribe on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:30PM (#27280455)
Well, we're new and we think we've the most accurate transcription engine on the market. Why not try us out at https://3scri.be. We give half a hour for free but if you sign up and drop us a line at [email protected] I can add on an extra hour for you.