Comments on: Best Book Transcription Services for Authors

By: eshetup

eshetup — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:37:22 +0000

In reply to avilbeckford. Transcription can get get pricey especially if you have long or multiple interviews to work on. There is constant battle btwn choosing to pay more (better quality=less edit) or get cheaper but do some extra edits.I will look into the Google Live Transcribe as it sounds a good alternative option! Thanks.

By: avilbeckford

avilbeckford — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 14:51:31 +0000

I've started to conduct my interviews again. I stopped because they took much time for me to transcribe and when I paid for transcription services it was too much. I've been using otter.ai for over a month. Sometimes It is great and other times I need to spend more time cleaning up. But It is still a lot cheaper. Sometimes I use Google`s Live Transcribe. It is accurate but it doesn't offer a save feature, so you have to copy and paste.

By: eshetup

eshetup — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:38:09 +0000

In reply to Alan Petersen. Glad to hear you found the article useful and that you've already tried Otter.ai. Like you, I also tried many transcription services before i discovered Otter as my favorite to transcribe all my interviews and book writing.

By: eshetup

eshetup — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:30:16 +0000

In reply to Maggie McVay Lynch. Great question Maggie. For most of the transcription services (if not all), you would not need to state the punctuation. I could only imagine how frustrated that must be to always mention the punctuation. Thank goodness for AI software that does most of the work for you :)

By: eshetup

eshetup — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 23:58:00 +0000

In reply to David Price. Agree David ! There are so many ideas and books to write about but There is only so much time.Dictation is a way to speed things up. That is a great book recommendation.

By: Alan Petersen

Alan Petersen — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:48:48 +0000

Thanks Petros. I thought I had tried just about every AI transcribe site out there but hadn’t heard of Otter until your article. I tried it with one of the episodes of my podcast. They did a wonderful job compared to the other services. Minimal clean up was needed. Fast service. Took about ten minutes to transcribe a 28-minute two person interview.I spent about ten minutes cleaning it up and had the transcript posted on my site in about thirty minutes after uploading the MP3 to Otter. I’m impressed. Some of the other AI transcription sites are so awful that I just gave up because fixing the text would take way too much time. And Otter offers 600 minutes free per month. Awesome.

By: Maggie McVay Lynch

Maggie McVay Lynch — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:34:38 +0000

I do have a question. I’ve used Dragon Naturally Speaking for the past few years and the most frustrating part is having to state the punctuation. When speaking, it is not natural to also speak punctuation. I am a fast typist so it is not as helpful as I’d hoped.From your examples of in-person interviews, it appears that the two AI services mentioned transcribe actual real-life spoken words without punctuation. If that is the case I’m signing up immediately. I do at least two editing passes of my books before sending them to a professional editor anyway, so a few missed periods or commas is not a big deal.

By: David Price

David Price — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:34:25 +0000

Very informative! I have a lot of books I’ve wanted to write but I type way too slow and so this article is a Godsend! I also purchased and am currently reading the book On Being a Dictator. Thank you!

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:17:01 +0000

In reply to Gary Ritter. Absolutely

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:16:52 +0000

In reply to Eric Z. Haha...I know what you mean.

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:16:39 +0000

In reply to zathraus. Yeah, It is something that definitely takes practice, but it can be a useful skill.

By: zathraus

zathraus — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 05:01:28 +0000

It is a great article Dave and It is always good to know of other ways to speed up writing. I’ve not used any of these services but do use Dragon when writing as that can help you get thoughts down faster though It is a good idea not to be looking at the page when you’re doing it as you’re tempted to stop and edit along the way.For new writers, getting used to hearing your own voice when working takes a bit of time but worth the process and even with an accuracy of 95%, having the ability to write on the go just by recording your voice then doing all the editing later is certainly going to be a time saver.Thanks for sharing.