[Air-L] out of luck re transcription?

[Scott Swigart]

I use CastingWords.com all the time.  They're great and deliver within the
committed time frame.

-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Terrell Russell
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:41 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] out of luck re transcription?

On 1/27/09 4:11 PM, jeremy hunsinger wrote:
> I've been told that 'transcription' is actually easily done using
> mechanical turk. You just have to make sure that you stipulate that in
> your IRB or other ethical considerations.
>
> however, the holy grail of automatic transcription via dragon or other
> tool has not yet been found :(
>


I've only heard good things about CastingWords.com - it doesn't need to 
be trained as they're transcribed by people - via Amazon Mechanical 
Turk.  Works very well for interviews (even with multiple speakers/voices).

The rates are pretty good - much cheaper than doing it yourself (unless 
your time is free).

I've seen the output myself and vouch for the quality.

Terrell
PhD Student, SILS, UNC-CH


_______________________________________________
The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
http://www.aoir.org/