On Saturday 08 April 2006 01:25, Omer Zak wrote:
> I waited some time for Larry Wall's lecture
> (http://wiki.osdc.org.il/index.php/Larry_Wall_-_Present_Continuous%
> 2C_Future_Perfect) transcript to stabilize before actually reading it.
>
> Now, that I have read it, I can thank all those who bothered to
> transcribe it (by order of first appearance in the article's revisions
> history):
> Amire80 - Amir E. Aharoni
> Szabgab - Gabor Szabo
> Dov Grobgeld
> Jason
> Agent
> Nothingmuch
> Yudel
> SGershon
> Shlomif - Shlomi Fish - transcribed most of the lecture
> Hasturkun
> Jelbaum
>
> If I missed any name, I apologize for this.
>
> Now, I have one more request from the transcribers:
> Let's make it easier the next time.
> I wish to develop software for making it easier to transcribe the next
> lecture. Since I cannot do transcribing myself, I need to rely upon
> your experience transcribing the above lecture.
> Please review your experience, and describe (in private E-mail message
> to me, or to the list if you believe that your experience is of general
> interest) how you actually did it. Especially, what feature/s of a
> special software supporting transcription would have helped you do your
> job faster, easier and with more fun.
Well, I used mplayer to play the mp3 file and scroll back and forward in it
(using the Left, Right, Up and down arrows.) As I listened to it, I wrote the
words of the talk on the page's editing window. I often saved what I had so
far, and commited it to the page.
One thing that may have been helpful would be to set up certain marks in the
file, and to be able to jump to these marks or to loop between two marks.
This way I can hear a certain portion again and again. Handy keyboard
shortcuts to raise or decrease the volume would also be nice, and also
possibly some keys to temporarily make the file play slower (distorting the
waveform, but also making it easier to transcribe.)
Note that while these things would be helpful they are not too critical.
That's all I can think of now.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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