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From: Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
Date: Sep 1, 2020 3:39PM

We can't use Youtube. Yes, we know that we'll need someone to edit the file
but we'd like an option that would reduce that time. And yes, accents are a
big problem.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 4:24 PM Andrea L. Dietrich < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> The best I've found is honestly YouTube. I have a YouTube channel set up
> that defaults everything to private videos, and I use it pretty exclusively
> for autocaptioning. It's a very helpful tool for getting a good "first
> pass" on a video that doesn't have a transcript. I've gotten nearly 100%
> accuracy in the text with some videos that have particularly clear speakers
> with a "neutral" American or British accent. Even so, it needs an edit
> afterwards to be properly accessible. I haven't found anything that doesn't
> require editing after the initial pass -- if anyone knows of a tool like
> that please share, because I would love to hear about it too!!
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Andi :)
>
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