Forum Discussion
Audio Transcription Software Recommendations?
Hello, community!
I am working on a project where my SME is dictating the raw content for the narration script. I then need to transcribe it and place it into a storyboard.
I was going to take the old-fashioned approach and just listen to the MP3 file, stop it every few words, and type away. Ack!!!
There has to be reputable, affordable software out there that can transcribe audio into text that I can then edit as needed...I figure if anyone knows of it, you brilliant folks do!!
Thanks for your recommendations.
Shari
So, we actually use YouTube to generate our closed captions/create transcripts. It's a little more work with just an mp3 file since you have to get it into mp4 format, but still doable! You could place the audio on a slide in Storyline, then export as a video to upload to YouTube.
Hi Shari,
Ack indeed! I can see why you're checking out other options beyond transcribing all this content yourself. This community post has some transcription services you can check out in addition to the ones that have already been mentioned.
One note with automatic transcription services: they're mostly accurate these days, but you will still want to do a quick check of the final transcription file as it's not uncommon for there to be a few mistranscribed words here and there.Thank you for your guidance, Bianca! I fully expect to need to review and edit/correct the text - I figure if I can get at least 80% of the way there, that's a good thing.
Barring your content including a lot of unusual terms, at least 80% accuracy is a very reasonable goal with the automatic transcription services available these days!
Shari - yes I used it without any issues. I also use Speechelo for text to speech if you need to know about the other end.
David, that's good to know! I'm looking for a tool I can use locally rather than having to upload my files to a vendor site.
I'll do more investigation on Otter...many thanks!
I thought I'd check back in with the community...turns out, you can dictate into MS Word...what? Did everyone know this but me?
Since my SME hadn't yet recorded her audio, I asked her to do it in Word and just send me the doc. Mischief managed!
Thanks to you all for your insights...I love this community!
As many times as I've seen the Dictate button, I just never paid it much mind! Good reminder that this exists! I hope it works well for you.
You can also use O365 online to make transcriptions from audio files. I've tried it, seems to work pretty well.
Hi, Kalena...thank you for the idea! I'll have to investigate YouTube for this use, as opposed to my typical use for viewing cute cat videos. :-)
Did you try Otter?
Hi, David...I did read about it in my research. Have you or anyone you know used it?
What a good solution for this! Be sure to let us all know how you end up liking the final transcription in Word.
I just tried it out quickly for the first time just now and was pretty impressed by how accurate it was.If you're looking for a service, check out Trint. It may be a bit pricey if you're not going to use it all the time. Like many services, they're on a subscription model.
Audiences may now read information that was previously only available through audio by converting audio content to text. Transcribing audio into text files makes it easy with transcriberry.com to repurpose audio recordings into blogs, social media postings, articles, and other types of written media, allowing you to distribute your information in a variety of formats.
