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From: Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
Date: Tue, Sep 01 2020 3:12PM
Subject: Captioning tools with high accuracy
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Hello everyone, can you recommend a paid or free video captioning tool with
a high text/speech accuracy rate? We are looking for a tool that would not
require us to spend a lot of time editing the resulting file.

Thanks

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From: Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
Date: Tue, Sep 01 2020 3:39PM
Subject: Re: Captioning tools with high accuracy
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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 ADDRESS 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 :)
>
>

From: Marissa Sapega
Date: Tue, Sep 01 2020 4:00PM
Subject: Re: Captioning tools with high accuracy
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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 ADDRESS REMOVED = on behalf of = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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 :)
>
>

From: Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)
Date: Tue, Sep 01 2020 4:11PM
Subject: Re: Captioning tools with high accuracy
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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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED = on behalf of
> = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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 :)
> >
> >

From: Marissa Sapega
Date: Wed, Sep 02 2020 6:39AM
Subject: Re: Captioning tools with high accuracy
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Hi Itzel,
It's an independent third party service. You upload your videos to the platform and purchase captions, audio transcription, subtitles, etc., whatever you need, and they provide the output in a variety of file formats. Very fast, great customer service, and highly accurate in my experience with them.

Thank you,

Marissa

From: "Itzel McClaren (US - IFS)" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 6:11 PM
To: Marisa Sapega < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Cc: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >, "Andrea L. Dietrich" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Captioning tools with high accuracy

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 ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > on behalf of = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 :)
>
>