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Startup idea: YouTube transcripts

7 points by mudil 14y ago

On our blog (Medgadget.com) we embed lots of videos. Unfortunately, we don't have time to create transcripts under the videos. As everyone knows, transcripts are super useful: most people would rather read a transcript and then check the video, then watch a video to begin with. It would be nice to have a service that provides a convenient way to insert a code that generates a transcript just under the embedded YouTube. Am I right or am I wrong?

tklemm 14y ago
Transcripts would be cool.
- mudil 14y ago
  Say, I subscribe to this service. There are lots of youtube videos out there. I pay for each transcript. So, once I embed a code, a human being transcribes the video, and transcript shows up. The system can be setup so posts in draft/pending mode in WordPress tell the service that a transcript needs to be generated.
  - debacle 14y ago
    Make it a transcription market - give the transcriptors rights and royalties to their transcriptions.
- mapster 14y ago
  I wrote a small tool to convert videos to PDF notes, but it is offline for the meantime. Written in Flex. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7JCg5fGho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7JCg5fGho Teachers and students mostly use it. Its free.
  - tzm 14y ago
    Nice. Is this app available? The Vidinotes site is down.
    - mapster 14y ago
      I sold the url, but I own the software. I have the app and have been considering having it hosted on a site of similar interest.
gjulianm 14y ago
It would be really nice. The problem is to generate the transcript. Even YouTube speech recognition system is crap when there's not a perfect, clear sound. Maybe you could use the transcripts that are already on YouTube when the uploader has created it, but of course it wouldn't be so useful.
geon 14y ago
Are you thinking of a service to automate the paperwork for a staff of human transcribers? The state of the art of computer transcription is even worse than computer translation.
tilt 14y ago
http://speakertext.com/ http://speakertext.com/ Hope it helps
marktsears 14y ago
http://speakertext.com http://speakertext.com offers this I think. Their captionbox is pretty slick.
zzo38 14y ago
I would definitely prefer a text over a video.
hasenj 14y ago
Not exactly the same but closely related, I think: http://dotsub.com/ http://dotsub.com/

7 points by mudil 14y ago

tklemm 14y ago

Transcripts would be cool.

mudil 14y ago
Say, I subscribe to this service. There are lots of youtube videos out there. I pay for each transcript. So, once I embed a code, a human being transcribes the video, and transcript shows up. The system can be setup so posts in draft/pending mode in WordPress tell the service that a transcript needs to be generated.
- debacle 14y ago
  Make it a transcription market - give the transcriptors rights and royalties to their transcriptions.
mapster 14y ago
I wrote a small tool to convert videos to PDF notes, but it is offline for the meantime. Written in Flex. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7JCg5fGho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7JCg5fGho Teachers and students mostly use it. Its free.
- tzm 14y ago
  Nice. Is this app available? The Vidinotes site is down.
  - mapster 14y ago
    I sold the url, but I own the software. I have the app and have been considering having it hosted on a site of similar interest.

gjulianm 14y ago

It would be really nice. The problem is to generate the transcript. Even YouTube speech recognition system is crap when there's not a perfect, clear sound. Maybe you could use the transcripts that are already on YouTube when the uploader has created it, but of course it wouldn't be so useful.

geon 14y ago

Are you thinking of a service to automate the paperwork for a staff of human transcribers? The state of the art of computer transcription is even worse than computer translation.

tilt 14y ago

http://speakertext.com/ http://speakertext.com/ Hope it helps

marktsears 14y ago

http://speakertext.com http://speakertext.com offers this I think. Their captionbox is pretty slick.

zzo38 14y ago

I would definitely prefer a text over a video.

hasenj 14y ago

Not exactly the same but closely related, I think: http://dotsub.com/ http://dotsub.com/