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Hey @AlbertCory, How would having a transcript save you time? Wouldn't it take more or less the same amount of time (+/- 25%) to read through the transcript? W
by TheCuriousGuy 5y ago
Hey @AlbertCory,
How would having a transcript save you time? Wouldn't it take more or less the same amount of time (+/- 25%) to read through the transcript? Would you rather CTRL+F for a few terms? Or just quickly glance through it?
Asking, because I'm interested in the podcast space overall.
Thanks.
- imaginariet 5y agoYou would be surprised, but reading a transcript is much faster than listening, even on speedup (1.25x, 1.5x, ) You can also quickly scan ahead, or reread a sentence. Navigating audio is harder.
- AlbertCory 5y agoAs the sibling says: I can skim over the boring, boilerplate stuff ("thanks for having me") much faster in a transcript. Since I can see the whole thing, it's much easier to skip down to the more interesting stuff, or realize that there isn't any.
- QuadmasterXLII 5y agoA typical podcast is 150 to 200 words per minute, while many on hacker news read at north of 600 words per minute.
- kradeelav 5y agoI'm not the original poster, but I have bad hearing and exclusively read transcripts over listening to podcasts - can't tell you how many times I've been grateful when podcasters provide even a partial list of transcripts for episodes. Speed-reading is also a lot faster overall versus simple listening.