[Athen] Otter.ai

[Shawn Jordison]

Yes, there is quite a bit of editing to do. It feels like less editing then any other method ive used in the past though. 


I have done in person and used only the app on my phone. You could probably get an external mic that will help catch better audio. You could do a search and replace on the "umm" and "ahh" to get a cleaner document fairly quickly. 


I like the change of speakers the most as that is often a challenge with developing the transcript. If you are speaking with only a couple speakers the feature works even better. 


- Shawn 

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Shawn Jordison MS.
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Alternate Media and Assistive Technology Specialist
CCC Accessibility Center

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On May 21, 2020, 1:28 PM PDT cherniwchanl at macewan.ca wrote:



Hi Shawn,



Do you have to do a lot of editing of the transcription? Have you tried it in an in-person classroom setting? If so, what kind of audio setup are you using? The type of microphone?

I have found with my limited use of it, it has a hard time deciphering the “ums and ahs” that most people use when speaking.

Thanks,

Liza 



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Hey there! 





I have used 
Otter.ai pretty extensively over the last few months. Here is a brief synopsis of what it can do: 





Otter.ai is a transcription service offered on its mobile app and web application. It seamlessly integrates with video conferencing tools and has
easy to use sharing options. Transcriptions are organized in “conversations” and can be added to group folders where all members have access, or simply shared via a link.
Otter.ai can identify different speakers automatically and could be a lightweight solution to the high cost of remote captioning. It is an automated service but is highly accurate.
Otter.ai adds in suggested punctuation. Users are able to highlight notes, create custom search queries, add photos, edit text, and share in a matter of seconds. 





With the PRO version - you can set up your zoom account to automatically record meetings and transcribe. You can also create a .SRT file with the pro account to export the edited transcriptions
for captioning. 





- Shawn 




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Shawn Jordison MS.


530-238-5645


Alternate Media and Assistive Technology Specialist


CCC Accessibility Center








> On May 21, 2020, 11:46 AM PDT >info at karlencommunications.com wrote:



> Although I’m not a campus, I had been using the free version of>Otter.ai since January when my course went partially online. Students, even students who were not deaf or hard of hearing liked having it as a backup to notes.



> 



> Within the past two weeks I looked at Otter for Teams because it has the ability to have the Live Transcription beside the> Zoom Window if the Zoom window is not maximized. I’ve used it once/I have a two month trial. For at least one participant who needed it, it worked quite well and they had a poor experience with>Otter.ai at a previous meeting/webinar. Having the ability to see the transcription beside the Zoom Window made the difference.



> 



> I find that the transcription is good and am still investigating how to increase the font size.



> 



> One of the things I like for students is that apparently you can highlight parts of the transcript and then show the text you’ve> highlighted so you have a list of important things but I haven’t tried that feature yet either.



> 



> My program at my college has purchased Otter for Teams as we will be going fully online this fall.



> 



> It is the Otter for Teams that has the side by side capability and they recently reduced the number of team members to 1 so> I could purchase it…the original default was 3.



> 



> Am also interested in what others have found about the tool.



> 



> I know Microsoft Teams uses Microsoft Translator or maybe they call it Teams Translator but I had to do a presentation in teams> yesterday and found it a lot more complicated than Zoom! I also had to turn off my screen reader.



> 



> Anyway, looking forward to seeing how others find>Otter.ai.



> 



> Cheers, Karen



> 



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> Hello ATHEN friends!



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> I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I was curious if anyone has purchased an>Otter.ai subscription for your campus. If so, what helped you decide to proceed with the subscription and what has the experience been so far? 



> 



> Thank you,



> 



> Shannon



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