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