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From: L Snider
Date: Feb 19, 2016 6:41AM

Hi Mike,

I was just reading about the Mac Dictation feature. My Mac doesn't have it,
but I am going to try and get a newer Mac to play with it. People seem to
give it good marks, but as you said depends on quality!

I like the USB mics, nice! Yes, I am too familiar with the pedals :) They
work well, and make it go much quicker even on one computer. I am trying to
see if I can save time using a computer method. I want to test if the clean
up takes me more time than the actual transcription!

Thanks again,

Lisa

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Mike Bicknell < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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> > > > >