Open Source Transcription Software? 221
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kdawson
from the what-he-said dept.
from the what-he-said dept.
sshirley writes "I am beginning to do some interviews with family members and will do some audio journals for genealogy purposes. I would really love to be able to run the resulting MP3 or WAV files through some software a get a text file out. I know that software like this exists commercially. But does this exist in the open source world?"
Re:On the other hand... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure you roar get ding fan plastic results from goo gull boys, two eye find it variably hell full.
vi (Score:2, Funny)
open up vi, press i, (or a), and press play on the audio device.
Type out whatever you hear.
Problem solved. :wq
Re:Dear aunt, (Score:1, Funny)
wow. two opposing responses modded to +5. this is tough.
(chews nails)
who is right?
(nervously taps fingers on desk)
And the winner is Slashdot ID 692029!!!!
It was very close, but 692029 had the other guy beat by 556.
Phew. I'm glad we have a pecking order around here to break the draw.
Re:Got kids? (Score:3, Funny)
Mummy, why does aunt Bess call grandma a "syphilitic rum-and-cock-addled whore"?
Daddy, why was great grandpa Ben "shot at dawn for cowardice in the face of the enemy"?
Mummy and daddy, how come I was born only four months after you married?