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The nicest thing about RailsCasts, for me, was ASCIIcasts - I'm sure I'm in a minority, but I've never had much time for watching videos or listening to podcast

The nicest thing about RailsCasts, for me, was ASCIIcasts - I'm sure I'm in a minority, but I've never had much time for watching videos or listening to podcasts. GoRails seems to lack that, but perhaps for the majority that's a non-issue.

hayksaakian 12y ago
The text casts are a great reference after the initial viewing.
riffraff 12y ago
+1 I've watched maybe a couple videos but I refered to the scripts all the time
nicholassmith 12y ago
I loved the ASCII casts as I find text based information easier to reference than a video where you have to jump back a few seconds, hit pause, switch to a text editor, jump back, reload something, unpause etc etc.
dpritchett 12y ago
There are affordable transcription services out there. DevReps could probably give you some advice if you buy a few hours of their time.
excid3 12y ago
Chris from GoRails here! I'm absolutely going to be getting transcriptions added. So far this has been an experiment to see if people were interested and it appears that people definitely are.
- bphogan 12y ago
  This is just my advice - I teach, and must provide transcripts for my videos for students who are deaf, blind, or with learning disabilities. I write my scripts out when I do my videos. It helps me prepare the lesson plan. I place all the code I'll type in there too. Then I record. And then if I deviate from my script, I can just fix it up. It doesn't need to be a 1:1 thing. But I find that this really helps speed up the process because I have a plan in place, and the script can easily turn into the transcript. Just thought I'd share to see if there's anything you can steal from this process.
- ch4s3 12y ago
  Yep, tons of interest for good rails resources. Keep up the great work!
- izietto 12y ago
  +100 by a non-english guy! I can read english, but I have a lot of problems listening
- ckrailo 12y ago
  You rock! ASCIIcasts were my favorite part of (and main way of consuming) Railscasts. :)
  - bparanj 12y ago
    Screencasts take a long time to produce. I got burned out at 73rd episode for rubyplus.org (within 6 months). I was publishing at a much faster rate. Now I have only articles at http://www.rubyplus.com http://www.rubyplus.com
arikrak 12y ago
I find text is essential. How else can you quickly skim to what you want or reference something you saw?

hayksaakian 12y ago

The text casts are a great reference after the initial viewing.

riffraff 12y ago

+1 I've watched maybe a couple videos but I refered to the scripts all the time

nicholassmith 12y ago

I loved the ASCII casts as I find text based information easier to reference than a video where you have to jump back a few seconds, hit pause, switch to a text editor, jump back, reload something, unpause etc etc.

dpritchett 12y ago

There are affordable transcription services out there. DevReps could probably give you some advice if you buy a few hours of their time.

excid3 12y ago

Chris from GoRails here! I'm absolutely going to be getting transcriptions added. So far this has been an experiment to see if people were interested and it appears that people definitely are.

bphogan 12y ago
This is just my advice - I teach, and must provide transcripts for my videos for students who are deaf, blind, or with learning disabilities. I write my scripts out when I do my videos. It helps me prepare the lesson plan. I place all the code I'll type in there too. Then I record. And then if I deviate from my script, I can just fix it up. It doesn't need to be a 1:1 thing. But I find that this really helps speed up the process because I have a plan in place, and the script can easily turn into the transcript. Just thought I'd share to see if there's anything you can steal from this process.
ch4s3 12y ago
Yep, tons of interest for good rails resources. Keep up the great work!
izietto 12y ago
+100 by a non-english guy! I can read english, but I have a lot of problems listening
ckrailo 12y ago
You rock! ASCIIcasts were my favorite part of (and main way of consuming) Railscasts. :)
- bparanj 12y ago
  Screencasts take a long time to produce. I got burned out at 73rd episode for rubyplus.org (within 6 months). I was publishing at a much faster rate. Now I have only articles at http://www.rubyplus.com http://www.rubyplus.com

arikrak 12y ago

I find text is essential. How else can you quickly skim to what you want or reference something you saw?