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From: Mike Bicknell
Date: Feb 19, 2016 8:58AM

Hi Lisa,

If you're trying Dictation for yourself, then a USB headset or the Samson
might work well because it clips on the top of the screen.

Those pedals are great, but give your ankles a workout… And you hit the
nail on the head. Is it faster to clean up a transcription or to type it
out? Sometimes it's just faster to type it out. But, I'm curious what you
find!

Best,
Mike


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On 2/19/16, 5:41 AM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of L Snider"
< <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

>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/transc
>>ri
>> 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_U
>>SB
>> .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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >