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I did something like this last month for creating transcripts from podcasts using Amazon Transcribe. Details and links to the code here: https://dltj.org/article/generating-podcast-transcripts/ Peter From: Dan Johnson <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Reply: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Date: October 21, 2022 at 2:01:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] video to text If your university gives you an Office 365 account (and Notre Dame does), Word 365 will transcribe up to 300 minutes of audio per month from a sound file in the .wav, .mp4, .mpa, or .mp3 formats. In my own (admittedly minor) tinkering, I've been surprised at how good the transcript is. Microsoft has a 90 second tutorial here: < https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/transcribe-your-recordings-7fc2efec-245e-45f0-b053-2a97531ecf57 >. If you're handy with AWS, you can also use Amazon Transcribe ( https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/), but that is much more involved. I have no experience myself, though some colleagues have had success with larger projects there. Best, Dan On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 1:58 PM Lolis, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't have technology to offer for that purpose, but if you decide to go > with a service, I can tell you that I've found Amara to be very affordable, > of excellent quality and fantastic customer service. I used them to not > only caption videos but to also translate them from several languages. I > couldn't have asked for a better experience with them, and that was after > some back and forth working things out over the extra languages. > > https://amara.org/ > > John Lolis > Coordinator of Computer Systems > > 100 Martine Avenue > White Plains, NY 10601 > > tel: 1.914.422.1497 > fax: 1.914.422.1452 > > https://whiteplainslibrary.org/ > > *“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that > can’t be questioned.”* > — Richard Feynman > < > https://click.fourhourmail.com/5qure95xkf7hvvo93wh2/7qh7h8h05vr4zrtz/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvUmljaGFyZF9GZXlubWFu > >, > theoretical physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 > > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 13:20, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Do you know of a video to text applications? I colleague asked me: > > > > I have four video recordings of conference sessions and wonder if > > there is a tool or technology that will help me transcribe these > > into the written word? > > > > Do y'all have any suggestions or experience in this regard? > > > > -- > > Eric Morgan > > University of Notre Dame > > > -- *Daniel Johnson, Ph.D.* *English; Digital Humanities**; and Film, Television, and Theatre * *Librarian* *Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, **Hesburgh Libraries* *University of Notre Dame* 250C Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 o: 574-631-3457 e: [log in to unmask]