I saw lightning talks on this audio transcription software (ResCarta) at the last two Code4Lib Cons and it looks pretty awesome, although I haven't had a reason to use it yet. http://www.rescarta.org/ -Shaun On 4/25/14 10:23 AM, Sean Hannan wrote: > Wešve had good experience with just using our student employees. They get > quite fast at it and become content experts at the same time, which comes > in really handy if the content is user research and the like. > > -Sean > > On 4/25/14, 9:24 AM, "Rachel Shaevel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Piggybacking on the topic...what about transcription services for .wav >> files? Same companies/services as video or different? We have a >> collection of about 40 interviews and I think it would be a bonus to >> include transcripts when we upload them to our web site. >> >> Rachel Shaevel >> Electronic Resources Cataloger >> Technical Services/Catalog Department >> Chicago Public Library >> Harold Washington Library Center >> 400 S. State St. >> Chicago, IL 60605 >> P: (312) 747-4660 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >> Amy Vecchione >> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:58 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Transcription services >> >> I highly recommend 3playmedia. >> >> For short in house self made videos we use YouTube and then clean it up. >> >> Amy >> >>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 5:25 PM, Ahniwa Ferrari <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> We have hired services in the past but I always felt they were >>> overpriced and the quality wasn't great. We started doing our own for >>> certain projects (you can add your own transcriptions in YouTube, >>> which is handy, and then it will automatically provide translated >>> versions for you). I always wanted to try putting them up on Amazon >>> Turk and seeing if we could get some good transcriptions on the cheap. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke >>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >>> >>>> Has anyone used a transcription service to do captioning for a video, >>>> or anything similar? >>>> >>>> There are many transcription services that charge a per minute fee. >>>> I'd like to get a recommendation on one that worked well for someone. >>>> >>>> -Wilhelmina Randtke >>>> -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698