Debbie and fellow videolibbers, I have never used any software. My former employer, Video Monitoring Services, had a proprietary STT (speech to text) software that was pretty top notch. But it still isn't as good as the human mind. It couldn't always catch everything, like foreign languages, proper nouns or slang. So I recommend hiring out. We do our own transcribing in house. I've done my fair share.
I would check with local production companies or freelancers, who usually have better rates. I think that using a software for that type of service will result in errors that ultimately have to be checked by a human later anyways. That's my two cents. Hope it helps! Laura ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AnswersMedia Laura Fu Video Assets Manager 400 W. Erie Chicago, IL 60654 P: 312.421.0113 ext.5160 F: 312.421.1457 lau...@answersmediainc.com<mailto:lau...@answersmediainc.com> www.answersmediainc.com<http://www.answersmediainc.com/> www.answerstv.com<http://www.answerstv.com/> P Before printing, please think about the environment From: Debbie Phipps [mailto:phip...@central.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:21 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] audio transcription software Looking for any information about audio transcription software. Have seen commercials for Dragon Naturally Speaking. Does it work or is there something better? Thanks! Debbie Phipps phip...@central.edu
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