by David Woods | Time Codes, Transcription
My first thought as I watched the first U.S. Presidential debate of 2020 was “Oh, those poor transcribers.” I recognized the huge challenge this would present for transcribers, with constant interruptions and so much overlapping speech. I knew it would...
by Anne Spurgeon | Importing Data, Media Files, Transcription
We have launched TransanaSCRIBE, an upgrade of Transana’s tools for fast, accurate transcription of audio or video, as a stand-alone transcription product. Academic researchers, journalists, attorneys, podcasters, local governments, market researchers and...
by Anne Spurgeon | Importing Data, Qualitative Research, Transcription
We receive frequent inquiries about importing transcripts from automated online transcription services into Transana. There are several issues to consider if you are thinking about having your media transcribed through a service, whether automated or manual. Online...
by Anne Spurgeon | Transcription
You can speed up your first pass at transcription dramatically by uploading your video privately to YouTube and using its transcript auto-generator. There are online automated transcription companies, but you can upload a video to YouTube and generate a transcript...
by David Woods | Media Files, Transcription
Speech recognition software is becoming more common everywhere. Siri, Google Now, Cortana, and Alexa can field questions on our smart phones, computers, and home “virtual assistant” devices. These tools do a reasonably good job recognizing and interpreting human...
by David Woods | Analysis, Collaboration, Transcription, Writing Tools
I received the following support question this week: I am thinking about on the asynchronous communication between the users of Transana MU the chat windows of Transana is only for synchronous communications. How did you deal with this problem in your past practices?...
