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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Nov 18, 2010 2:42PM

At the Boston Accessibility Unconference last May, there was a gentleman
there who ran a transcription business that used a combination of human and
machine transcription. The recorded session was machine transcribed first
and then humans did the rest. He claimed it was faster and cheaper than
human only. But he admitted that the pricing had to do with the quality of
the recording. The poorer the quality, the more expensive the total cost.

This sounds pretty consistent with what Jared is saying.

~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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