[Athen] DocSoft

[Greg Kraus]

We have Docsoft and have been using them for a couple of years, but
only in specific contexts. Docsoft does not do a good job of
converting speech to text. You can set up user profiles and train
those profiles, but at the end of the day the translation will be
substandard and generally unacceptable for use.

Docsoft does do a good job of synchronizing an existing transcript
with a video, so if you can provide an accurate transcript, it can
give you back a caption file with the time stamps in there.

Another issue to consider is how much will you spend on the
maintenance costs for DocSoft versus how much would you spend if you
outsourced the synchronization part of caption creation. Syncing
captions costs roughly $1.00/minute. If you don't send enough work
through DocSoft to make the synchronization a cost savings, is it
worth keeping the maintenance agreement?

Greg
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Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
gdkraus at ncsu.edu
http://go.ncsu.edu/itaccess

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)
<hunziker at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Great questions Marcie... We are looking at various solutions as well.  So,

> please reply to the list - thanks!

>

> Dawn

>

> ~~

> Dawn Hunziker

>

>

> On Feb 18, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Dimac, Marcie <mdimac at kent.edu> wrote:

>

> Morning y’all!

>

> It was –7 here yesterday, yes that is a negative sign.  Brrrr.

>

> I would like to put a feeler out there for all folks who are currently using

> DocSoft captioning services for any of their captioning needs. A little

> background:

>

> We own a license to DocSoft (have for years) but have never actually put it

> to use.  I’d like to get some information on how other Universities are

> implementing DocSoft campus-wide.

>

> I attended ATHEN and got some great info there – but am also looking if

> anyone can share the following info:

>

> Who “handles” this service? (I.e. Does your disability services office

> manage the DocSoft portal, or does IT?)

> Who is editing the transcripts?

> Is there a particular workflow that has worked for you that you would be

> willing to share?

> Is there ever a time when you outsource? If so, what is the reason (I.e.

> Video is 30 minutes or 1 hour)

> Any other information that you think might be helpful for me as we try to

> get some traction on this initiative!

>

>

> Thanks, stay warm!!!!

>

>

> Marcie Dimač, M.A. Ed.

>

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