Podscripter
AI
speech to text transcription
SHOW HN2018
153points
59comments
#263of 2,155 in 2018
Top 13%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in automated transcripts with speaker separation for podcasts
From 3 comments
Hey Craig, I wrote a service, (nowhere close for public release), that segments audio based on speakers. You have to identify one speech segment, it is then capable of labelling…
raghavtoshniwal on HNWould this integrate directly with zencastr? They record tracks individually - and then mix them - so you'd have direct access to the individual tracks. Seems like if you did…
joelrunyon on HNI think this is super neat. The podcasts I am on do not make $10 an episode, so sadly, I can't justify it. But if I could, I would. I shared it with my podcasting friends.
ocdtrekkie on HN
Objections
Price is high for the accuracy and turnaround offered
From 2 comments
For $10, I'd expect above 99% accuracy, especially since I can get an automated transcript for $5 for 60 minutes that presumably has a similar error rate to what you are…
jtbayly on HNI think this is super neat. The podcasts I am on do not make $10 an episode, so sadly, I can't justify it. But if I could, I would. I shared it with my podcasting friends.
ocdtrekkie on HN
24 hour turnaround is slower than cheap automated services
From 1 comment
For $10, I'd expect above 99% accuracy, especially since I can get an automated transcript for $5 for 60 minutes that presumably has a similar error rate to what you are…
jtbayly on HN
No free trial
From 1 comment
Hey Craig, I appreciate the hard work! Is there any way to demo this service for free, or any plans to in the future? The $10 isn't a big hit or anything, but I, as well as many…
viridian on HN
Requests
Free tier or demo
From 1 comment
Yeah, we'll definitely have something free in the future. :) For the launch we wanted to make sure we could handle all the first orders quickly.
craigcannon on HN
Integration with Zencastr or uploaded unmixed tracks
From 2 comments
Would this integrate directly with zencastr? They record tracks individually - and then mix them - so you'd have direct access to the individual tracks. Seems like if you did…
joelrunyon on HNYeah, that's an awesome idea. I had kicked it around with some potential customers but went with this simpler model just to see if anyone was interested. Will most likely go for…
craigcannon on HN
Support for YouTube videos
From 2 comments
Would you also do YouTube videos? There are many lectures online and it would be nice if more people transcribed them.
lf275 on HNYeah, we could definitely do videos.
craigcannon on HN
Questions
Can it transcribe phone calls?
From 1 comment
Hello, Just curious if you are able to speech-to-text phone calls? Or if any point you plan to do so. Thanks
mdocherty on HN
Does it handle corrupted audio files?
From 1 comment
Can your service handle corrupted files? I record on the fly and I have some great interviews that I cannot play.
roadrunner201 on HN
Alternatives named
FluidDATA free automated transcripts
From 2 comments
FluidDATA has the Joe Rogan podcasts for free at https://fluiddata.com/search?channel_id=9853 Not to mention, FluidDATA has transcribed over 8.2 million podcast episodes from…
nibbleshift on HNGiven the hand-curated speaking order, that seems hard. There are services out there that will do quality transcription that is completely automated (e.g., Bitplatter's…
bmelton on HN
Trint and Temi
From 1 comment
What distinguishes it from popular competitors like Trint, Temi, etc. who also do speaker identification?
CharlesW on HN
Scribie human transcription
From 1 comment
Do try out https://scribie.com/transcription/free as well once. Our diarisation system is around 90% accurate on longer paragraphs and will be out this week.
braindead_in on HN
Auphonic
From 1 comment
For all practical reasons I'd say yes, I'm using https://auphonic.com/ which does use machine learning to mute the parts where no human speaks, then they send this audio to third…
jeena on HN