[grc] speech to text software

[Caitlin Reading]

Could you be more specific about the desired use of the software. It might
help
with suggestions/ recommendations. Thx,c

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 9:57 PM Spencer Graves via grc <
grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:

> Hello, All:
>
>
>        I suggest you try "otter" (otter.ai).  It's free for up to 600
> minutes (10 hours) per month, and $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year for
> up to 6,000 minutes (100 hours) per month.  And the turn around time is
> great:  It produced a reasonable transcript for me from a roughly 90
> minute mp4 file in a relatively few minutes.  (Sorry:  I didn't time
> it.)  It then gives me an editor, where I can listen and correct the
> problems.
>
>
>        It's not perfect, and it would have probably taken me a day to
> produce a credible transcript.  In this case I decided I did not have
> either the time nor the need for a perfect transcript.  I stripped out
> the mp3 audio and used Audacity to edit that down to 54:27 (mm:ss) with
> the help of that imperfect transcript, and made my deadline for a
> broadcast on KKFI.[1] I've previously used Trint for that kind of
> thing.  However, Trint charges $15 per hour and has not performed nearly
> as well as my one test of Otter.ai.
>
>
>        I found this in an article entitled, "The Best Transcription
> Services for 2019" in PC Magazine 2018-08-22.[2]  The option they
> recommend is "Rev", which is $1 per minute -- and takes quite a bit
> longer.  However, even Rev wasn't perfect.  With a 16-minute test sample
> with 3 speakers, Rev had an error rate of 3% vs. 17% for Otter and 78%
> for Trint.  In another test with only 2 speakers, Trint had an error
> rate of 14% vs. 21% for Otter;  Rev was not included in that second test.
>
>
>        Spencer Graves
>        Secretary of the Board, KKFI.org
>        Kansas City
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/extinction-rebellion-in-kansas-city-2019-08-21-2/
>
>
> [2] This PC Magazine article compared 10 different speech to text services:
> https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/359079/the-best-transcription-services
>
>
> On 2019-08-30 17:56, George Koster via grc wrote:
> > Hi Ursula and the GRC Mail List Serve
> >
> > I’ve been using Descript for the past 18 plus months and it’s been a
> great software to convert audio files and now video files into text
> >
> > Its pretty inexpensive and a really great rough editing tool
> >
> > Here’s the link https://www.descript.com/ <https://www.descript.com/>
> >
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