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From: Mike Bicknell
Date: Feb 18, 2016 2:46PM

I¹ve used CaptionSync for transcripts and captions. The pricing depends on
various factors:
http://www.automaticsync.com/captionsync/service-list/feature-tour/transcri
ption/

I haven¹t tried this method, but if you have a newer Mac around you could
try the Dictation feature. Go to Apple menu > System Preferences >
Dictation & Speech > Dictation. Turn on "Use Enhanced Dictation,² a 785 MB
download. Dictation works best if you hook up a USB mic to the Mac. Next,
play the audio interview from another device (computer or recorder) in a
quiet room. This might be folly, but Dictation works fairly well even
though you will need to add punctuation. Naturally, this method also
depends on the input quality of the interview. GIGO. :-)

We¹ve used these Samson Go Mics:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/598775-REG/Samson_SAGOMICS_Go_Mic_USB
.html#!
I¹ve also used the pricier Blue Yeti USB mics.

Another option if your audio is digital is to use a transcription pedal
(or another switch) to pause and to play the recording while typing it
out. It works best to use two computers, one for typing and one for
playing the audio.




On 2/18/16, 11:05 AM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Weissenberger, Todd M"
< <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>If you have a budget, we recommend outsourcing to rev.com. Upload your
>media file and they'll caption/transcribe for $1/minute.
>
>If you have to do it in-house, YouTube does a pretty good job of
>rendering speech-to-text, and is especially useful when the speaker is
>clear, and you can clean it up afterward.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:51 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Speech to text
>
>Camtasia has that functionality built into its captioning module. I was
>not overly impressed the only time I had to use it, but the audio quality
>of the source was not very good either. If you have access to Camtasia it
>may be worth a shot. It will at least get you started. The results were a
>bit better than I got with YouTube auto-captions, but I still got to
>spend some quality time cleaning up the files before they were ready for
>publication. Camtasia does have a very nice interface for editing the
>captions.
>
>
>Mike Moore
>Accessibility Coordinator
>Texas Health and Human Services Commission Civil Rights Office
>(512) 438-3431 (Office)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
>Behalf Of L Snider
>Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:11 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: [WebAIM] Speech to text
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I need to transcribe an audio interview onto text and wondered if there
>is anything more automated out there. I have tried Dragon and it works
>okay, but am wondering what other good programs are out there.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Cheers
>
>Lisa
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