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Since the NPR is a 3 minute listen without a transcript, here's the ACLU's text/image article: https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/wrongfully-arrested-

• TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
  As soon as I saw it was audio only, i left the site. Why do sites do this? How many people actually stick to the page and listen to that?
  • asveikau 6y ago
    > How many people actually stick to the page and listen to that? I just did. 3 minutes wasn't that bad and I wasn't somewhere where it would be a problem. > Why do sites do this? NPR is a radio network. I have seen that often they do transcribe their clips. I am not sure what the process they have for that looks like, but it seems this particular clip didn't get transcribed. Edit: looks like they do have a transcription mentioned elsewhere in the thread. So seems like some kind of UI fail.
  • danso 6y ago
    NPR does transcribe (many, most?) its audio stories, but usually there's a delay of a day or so – the published timestamp for this story is 5:06AM (ET) today. edit: looks like there's a text version of the article. I'm assuming this is a CMS issue: there's an audio story and a "print story", but the former hadn't been linked to the latter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23628790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23628790
    • dhosek 6y ago
      They transcribe all their stories. Back before the web was widespread, you could call or write NPR and have them mail a transcript to you.
  • 013a 6y ago
    Well, if anyone were going to do it, you'd think no one would be surprised about it being the "National Public Radio"
    • dvtrn 6y ago
      Accessibility still matters, or should still matter even if you’re a radio station, but probably especially if you’re a news radio station.
      • scarface74 6y ago
        How many TV shows have audio descriptions of non verbal parts of what you see on screen?
        • dvtrn 6y ago
          More than zero. It's called closed captioning, isn't it? I've quite often seen closed-captioning that put brief written descriptions of non-verbal depictions in bracket, and it's not entirely common either https://www.automaticsync.com/captionsync/what-qualifies-as-high-quality-closed-captioning/ https://www.automaticsync.com/captionsync/what-qualifies-as-... (see section: "High Quality Captioning")
          • scarface74 6y ago
            Close captioning is for people who can’t hear. I am not aware of many TV shows that offer audio commentary for the visually impaired. Here is an example of one that does. https://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400590705/after-fan-pressure-netflix-makes-daredevil-accessible-to-the-blind https://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400590705/after-fan-pressure-...
            • dvtrn 6y ago
              Sorry, I thought that since we were originally talking about transcriptions of radio news broadcasts and accessibility for the hard of hearing that closed-captioning would be appropriate and relevant. But your point is well met.
  • scarface74 6y ago
    Why do radio sites post audio?
  • ajzinsbwbs 6y ago
    Most people are going to hear the story on the radio or in a podcast app / RSS feed. It’s useful to have the story indexed on a shareable web link where it can be played on different platforms without any setup. If I wanted to share a podcast episode with friends in a group chat, a link like this would be a good way to do it. Since this is more of a long-form text discussion forum I’d probably look for a text format before posting here.
• Fiveplus 6y ago
  NPR's text-only article served to me: https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=882683463 https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=882683463
• milespj 6y ago
  The mods can change this link to https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it... The linked story is audio only and is associated with the Morning Edition broadcast, but the full story appears under our Special Series section. (I work for NPR)
  • dang 6y ago
    Ok, changed from https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392/man-says-he-was-falsely-arrested-after-facial-recognition-mistake https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392/man-says-he-was-fal.... Thanks!