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Really wish they let people save a transcript.
by elicash 8y ago
Really wish they let people save a transcript.
- Someone1234 8y agoAgreed. I love them doing accessibility stuff, and I can see this being useful for specific people in my life. But when I initially read the announcement I thought about using it to transcribe business meetings. Obviously the accuracy of this won't be "court reporter"-levels, but for casual note taking it would be "good enough."
- clintonb 8y agoGoogle Docs has a voice typing functionality [1]. I used Soundflower [2] to send audio playback to a digital input device, and had Google Docs listen to this device. This worked "okay" for transcribing a blog post from a voice memo. [1] https://qz.com/work/1087765/how-to-transcribe-audio-fast-and-for-free-using-google-docs-voice-typing/ https://qz.com/work/1087765/how-to-transcribe-audio-fast-and... [2] https://github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower https://github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower
- riyadparvez 8y agoI think it has some privacy implications. Lot of people will feel uncomfortable if they feel their conversations are being saved in someone else's device or cloud.
- elicash 8y agoThis is a design problem. An important one to solve, but still, solvable. I'll add that I'd feel MORE comfortable with just a transcript being saved than I would an audio file (which is what happens now). Deniability.
- ucaetano 8y agoThe issue is that recording without consent is illegal in many jurisdictions. Auto-transcribing likely falls in a grey zone, because you could argue that it is being recorded before transcription (which is true).