#transcriptions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #transcriptions, aggregated by home.social.
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Library of Congress: Celebrating Seven Years of By the People. “Happy Spring to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publishes a “happy birthday to us” blog post right here on the Signal (you can check out previous years’ editions here and here). We turned seven during the Fall of last year and we’ve been waiting to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/library-of-congress-celebrating-seven-years-of-by-the-people/ -
How do you know a text about China published in an Arabic journal in Cairo in 1907 is a translation from a Western language in Latin script? The Arabic transcriptions of Chinese names do not make sense phonetically. Take for example "جريدة سهان باو التي تصدر في مدينة شنغاي وهي التي أسست سنة ١٨٦٨” referencing, as I believe, the newspaper "申报" (Shen Bao).
source: al-Muqtabas, https://openarabicpe.github.io/journal_al-muqtabas/tei/oclc_4770057679-i_16.TEIP5.xml#p_167.d1e2044
申报 on Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919710
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@9to5Mac MacWhisper is a pretty great and useful tool if you are a #filmmaker or #documentarian and need audio #transcriptions
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Okay so I'm #disabled my self, specifically #blind, but because I really don't want to speak on your guy's behalf before understanding your needs fully, would some of you lovely #HoH / #hardOfHearing, #APD, #Deaf and #Deafblind folks out there let me know if this is actually something you want before I open my mouth and go blabbing about it to everyone? :D
Essentially, I've noticed that on the fediverse and even more so on the internet in general, #AudioTranscripts are not nearly as well known or prioritized as alt text or image descriptions for #accessibility. I think this is pretty F'd up if you ask me. I realize that doing good #Transcriptions is harder in some ways because most people tend to think better visually than aurally, but I also know how useful it can be for some of my HoH friends.
So the question is this. Are audio transcripts important to you? Do you find them useful? And if so, would you like to see more of them around here at least for shorter video and audio clips?
Resources, examples, or tips on how to do audio transcripts properly, especially when it comes to scope of description, or how to handle sounds, complex vocals, and music are also much appreciated. I want to know what I'm talking about a little bit before I start advising others.
Thank you so much for your time. :)
#disability
#A11Y
#HearingAids
#ASL
#BSL
#Transcribing