1. I agree with Joe. The amount of work you would be looking for, even
   assuming a scenario where no maintenance is needed, would be *at least*
   in the 4 digits. If you require a user interface, even more on the time and
   money spent. I will say, there are open source programming libraries out
   there, but without the technical knowhow, it's going to be an uphill battle
   trying to use these libraries to the capacity you might need.
   2. Blender is much more for 3D model/object creation, and a lot less so
   for video editing. Depending on your project you might be able to create
   the object, and then porting it to Unity, then recording your interaction
   with it. You might also consider OpenShot for video editing and getting to
   your goals in a different way. 3D modeling and animation is just a giant
   beast if you don't have the time to sink into it.


On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 9:47 PM Joe Hourclé <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> >
> > On Dec 10, 2022, at 5:27 PM, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Jackie, Erich, Mark Jon, Deborah and all others!
> >
> > 2 projects I’ve got on the back burner.
> >
> > 1 – since I can’t find any voice-to-text software other than DNS ($500)
> and
> > don’t wish to use the Windows/Word voice-to-text or Google options, which
> > others have used (not just Googled but actually used) I was curious what
> > kind of price range it would be to hire a programmer to create a
> > voice-to-text program?
>
> I suspect that would be a *LOT* more than $500.
>
> You’re asking for someone to recreate something that large companies spent
> hundreds or thousands of man-years developing.  You’re better off just
> buying the license.
>
>
> > 2 – I wanted to create or have created a short animated object. I’ve
> read about Blender but with no experience creating animation it was a slog
> to watch Blender tutorials and then try to develop what I wanted. It was
> easier (although certainly not easy) to learn the basics of some free video
> editing software.
> >
> > I then posted a request to see to if anyone might help me or I could
> hire on Blender but that was met with a thud.
>
> …
>
> > Perhaps, if I wasn’t teaching 3D printing, doing video recording,
> running AV, doing video editing, creating writing programs, and doing all
> the other tasks needed in a public library I might have a little left over
> time to play with Blender but not so far.
>
> Does your library subscribe to any services that have training for 3D
> modeling stuff?  Even if it’s not specifically Blender, you might learn
> enough of the lingo and concepts to make it easier to learn Blender.
>
> You might also look to see if the local community college has any
> offerings.
>
> The problem as I see it is that you’re looking for an art for hire type
> situation… and that’s just draining on people.  No matter what you create,
> it never seems to quite match what’s in the person’s head, so they’re never
> really happy with what you make for them.
>
> You’re likely either going to need to build it yourself, pay someone a lot
> of money to produce something that you’re happy with, or find someone just
> starting out who’s willing to do it for done token amount to try to build
> up their portfolio.  And you might be able to find that last person if you
> take a class, and can propose your idea as a group project, but the rest of
> the group might have creative tweaks to it.
>
> -Joe



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