#machinetranscription — Public Fediverse posts
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University of Virginia: Gamechanger: Can AI accurately transcribe primary source documents?. “Transcribing primary source documents is time-consuming and requires expertise in deciphering handwriting, recognizing antiquated spelling and abbreviations, and understanding obsolete punctuation, letters, and symbols. Equally important is having a grasp of the historical context of the document being […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/gamechanger-can-ai-accurately-transcribe-primary-source-documents-university-of-virginia/ -
University of Virginia: Gamechanger: Can AI accurately transcribe primary source documents?. “Transcribing primary source documents is time-consuming and requires expertise in deciphering handwriting, recognizing antiquated spelling and abbreviations, and understanding obsolete punctuation, letters, and symbols. Equally important is having a grasp of the historical context of the document being […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/gamechanger-can-ai-accurately-transcribe-primary-source-documents-university-of-virginia/ -
University of Virginia: Gamechanger: Can AI accurately transcribe primary source documents?. “Transcribing primary source documents is time-consuming and requires expertise in deciphering handwriting, recognizing antiquated spelling and abbreviations, and understanding obsolete punctuation, letters, and symbols. Equally important is having a grasp of the historical context of the document being […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/gamechanger-can-ai-accurately-transcribe-primary-source-documents-university-of-virginia/ -
University of Virginia: Gamechanger: Can AI accurately transcribe primary source documents?. “Transcribing primary source documents is time-consuming and requires expertise in deciphering handwriting, recognizing antiquated spelling and abbreviations, and understanding obsolete punctuation, letters, and symbols. Equally important is having a grasp of the historical context of the document being […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/gamechanger-can-ai-accurately-transcribe-primary-source-documents-university-of-virginia/ -
NPR: Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations. “A federal lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Otter.ai of ‘deceptively and surreptitiously’ recording private conversations that the tech company uses to train its popular transcription service without permission from the people using it.”
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University of Hawaii: UH Hilo Hawaiian language college turns to AI to help preserve ʻōlelo. “The project is a collaboration between UH Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, Kanaeokana, Awaiaulu and Te Hiku Media, a Māori language group from New Zealand. Their goal is to speed up the painstaking process of transcribing Hawaiian audio recordings. Right now, […]
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TechCrunch: Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos. “After launching automatically generated captions for videos last year, Google Drive is now launching searchable video transcripts. Google announced that starting Monday, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The new feature gets rid of the need to upload a video’s audio to a […]