by David Woods | Artifical Intelligence, Collections, Snapshots, Still Images
Model Matters Getting the best results when exploring AI Artificial Intelligence is a revolutionary breakthrough. It can help researchers understand qualitative data in new, interesting, powerful ways. Occasionally, as I develop and refine new features for Transana, I...
by David Woods | Artifical Intelligence
AI results based on Large Language Modelsare probabilistic, not deterministic. If you want to use AI to explore your qualitative data, it’s very important to understand exactly what this means. Introduction Large Language Models are not intelligent in any...
by David Woods | Analysis, Artifical Intelligence, Collections, Keywords
I received the following question as part of a recent support inquiry: Do we need to manually create collections and keywords ourselves, or can they be suggested via an embedded AI tool? Here is my reply: Yes, you need to create Collections and Keywords yourself. And...
by David Woods | Automated Transcription, Transcription
Introduction In the two previous blog posts, we looked at the accuracy of transcripts of four English language media files using the eleven available Faster Whisper transcription models. Two of the four media files featured excellent audio quality and two distinct...
by David Woods | Automated Transcription, Transcription
Introduction The previous blog post described the results of recent tests of Faster Whisper for transcription accuracy in Transana 5.30. This post will use the same data set, focusing on the issue of transcription speed. The issue of transcription speed is more...
by David Woods | Automated Transcription, Transcription
Introduction Transana recently upgraded to a new version of the Faster Whisper automated transcription tool with release 5.30. Transana currently provides 11 transcription model options for Faster Whisper, all of which claim to support about 100 languages. These...
