[Athen] Help w\ Captioning

[Gaeir Dietrich]

> I remember Dick Banks used to demonstrate using voice recognition to

transcribe a file - not directly from the original speaker, but by repeating
the audio into Dragon Dictate instead of using the keyboard.

 

Yes, a trained Dragon user can be a great transcriptionist. I have often
thought that it would make a great career for anyone who uses Dragon well
and is looking for work. A proficient Dragon user can rival steno users, and
that's saying a lot!

 

Tips:

Set Dragon to put two spaces after a period. It helps the captioning
software to recognize the symbol.

 

Train any unusual vocabulary beforehand so that recognition is improved. (In
the Accuracy Center window, choose "View or Edit your vocabulary.")

 

If there is a list of words that Dragon does not know, add them beforehand
and train as you add. (Choose "Add a list of words to your vocabulary" in
the Accuracy Center or go to Words > Import.) 

 

Only create a new paragraph when the speaker changes or you add sound
information, and do not double space between paragraphs.

 

See the Captioning Key from DCMP for information on how to include relevant
sounds in your transcript.

 

Rip the audio from the video and put it onto a Dictaphone (if you can still
find one). You can also use a digital recorder, but Dictaphones are made to
allow easy forward and backward navigation. 

 

Good luck!

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Howard Kramer
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:39 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Help w\ Captioning

 

Sean, Terry, John, et al,

 

Thank you for that great feedback. I've been in contact with AST. I'll be
checking out the other resources also. I've tried transcribing one of the
videos myself. I see what a task this is. I remember Dick Banks used to
demonstrate using voice recognition to transcribe a file - not directly from
the original speaker, but by repeating the audio into Dragon Dictate instead
of using the keyboard. Any recommendations on processes/software for doing
the transcribing would be most welcome.

 

Thanks,

Howard

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Sean J Keegan <skeegan at stanford.edu>
wrote:


> can you use the YouTube caption software

> to add captions and then bring that into

> another software program?


The short answer is Yes.  If you have a transcript of the video, one
solution would be to upload the transcript and let YouTube perform the
auto-timing function to generate a time-stamped file.  You can then download
that time-stamped file.

The time-stamped file from YouTube (using the auto-timing function) will be
a "SBV" file.  The recent version of MovCaptioner will allow you to import a
SBV file where you can make changes to the timing, etc. MovCaptioner is just
a captioning application for the Mac platform ($40, but has free trial
period).  You can import a SBV file and then export a SRT file - Todd S.
mentioned this workflow in a previous e-mail. MovCaptioner supports *a lot*
of different file formats to import and export.

If you already have a captioning application that supports the SRT format
(but not SBV), then you can use this Website to convert YouTube's SBV to the
SRT format -
http://www.gidsgoldberg.com/sbv_docs_converter.shtml .  Then you can make
any changes, export a SRT file from your captioning application, and upload
back to the YouTube presentation.


Take care,
Sean




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