Reid, you will now need to hear me whine as I do for all sites that do not post transcripts. Autotranscribers are free/cheap. Those of us who are visual learners, hearing impaired, or who just do not have 100 hours a day to listen to all the podcasts/videocasts will miss most/all content that is not transcribed. The audience is greatly increased when the visual form is there as well. Autotranscribers are not perfect, but the voice rendition has its own problems. So beginning the begging process (Harvey should do this, too) -- if you are going to record it, then transcribe it so we all can gain.
great point. i signed up for America Out Loud early on. get lots of notifications. haven't listened to one for a year or more. until our friend Reid visited. your reply clarified something for me. not enough time. this particular podcast is also simply audio. in addition, early on, the intro was particularly long and laborious. something about trying to scroll thru audio to find the interesting parts for me just kept me from listening at all. it would be a great improvement to have timestamps and transcripts. dave
Thank you. Completely agree. I can’t stand watching videos—and won’t. I could read the material in a fraction of the time it takes to watch one, as well as retain it better and print it for re-reading at leisure.
Reid, you will now need to hear me whine as I do for all sites that do not post transcripts. Autotranscribers are free/cheap. Those of us who are visual learners, hearing impaired, or who just do not have 100 hours a day to listen to all the podcasts/videocasts will miss most/all content that is not transcribed. The audience is greatly increased when the visual form is there as well. Autotranscribers are not perfect, but the voice rendition has its own problems. So beginning the begging process (Harvey should do this, too) -- if you are going to record it, then transcribe it so we all can gain.
I'll do it. You mentioned an auto transcriber. I'll look into it today.
great point. i signed up for America Out Loud early on. get lots of notifications. haven't listened to one for a year or more. until our friend Reid visited. your reply clarified something for me. not enough time. this particular podcast is also simply audio. in addition, early on, the intro was particularly long and laborious. something about trying to scroll thru audio to find the interesting parts for me just kept me from listening at all. it would be a great improvement to have timestamps and transcripts. dave
Thank you. Completely agree. I can’t stand watching videos—and won’t. I could read the material in a fraction of the time it takes to watch one, as well as retain it better and print it for re-reading at leisure.
Excellent!