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From: Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
Date: Sep 1, 2020 4:11PM

Thanks Marissa, I will add Rev.com to my list of options to explore. How do
you use it? Is rev integrated with your systems?

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 5:00 PM Marissa Sapega < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> We use Rev.com as our paid service.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Marissa
>
> On 9/1/20, 5:40 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
> via WebAIM-Forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> 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 :)
> >
> >