<div class="bbWrapper">I like the tropicalmba.com podcasts. I listen to them on longish drives, or ironing the school uniforms. In those circumstances, audio is perfect.<br />
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One of their podcasts talks about how they get a "production transcript" created from their chat with a guest. They then skim through this and highlight the sections to remove so that the audio is nice and tight. A sound engineer can then use this highlighted production transcript to edit the audio.<br />
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They use rev.com for the transcription which costs them $1/min.<br />
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They mention in the episode I listened to that it costs them $50k/year to run their podcast (including man-hours spent).<br />
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That's a decent chunk of change.<br />
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I've played with some of the auto-transcription software. What a PITA. The software doesn't know where to put a full stop and you just end up with one long sentence. From my evening pulling my hair out and losing the will to live it really looks like it needs the human touch to create a readable version.<br />
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So rev.com it is for me. $1/min suddenly looked tremendous value.<br />
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I've dropped quite a few videos with transcriptions here into the forum as I play around with this.<br />
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I've definitely noticed more people engaging when there is a transcription - because I've been paying attention to that. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /><br />
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I've not done the closed captions into the YouTube videos yet.<br />
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Rev.com is supposed to be able to do that too, but the link where I can pay is broken and I've not found a suitable alternative yet (and I'm fecked if I'm going to do it myself). A missed take-my-money-already moment if ever I saw one...<br />
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So a three minute video costs me $3 to get transcribed. Less than a cup of coffee. I can do one of those a day without worrying about getting a return on them.<br />
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I've done longer chats and I'd really like to get them edited down, and pull out sections that can stand-alone on their own.<br />
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I had the call with <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/22526/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="22526" data-username="@Nicoknowsbest">@Nicoknowsbest</a> transcribed and that cost me $75.<br />
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Nico will do some editing and drop sections into that particular thread.<br />
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Thankfully he'll do that for free while we learn this process, but imagine if I had to pay him?<br />
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How much is that call going to cost me to get transcribed and edited, never mind published and promoted (because, again, I'm fecked if I'm doing that)?<br />
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I'm not doing those calls to make money.<br />
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Someone thought I was building a personal brand and promoting myself. Errr, no. That's not my business model thanks. I want to build a business that *doesn't* rely on me, rather than one that's built around brand Andy Black.<br />
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I digress but you see my point.<br />
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I'd like to help you guys by recording calls I have with people and making them accessible to you.<br />
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I don't intend "monetising" them, so I'm not able or willing to fork out $60-120+ to transcribe then edit down a one hour chat.<br />
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In my mind, if you're interested, then you'll have to meet me halfway and either listen to them in their entirety, or pay to have them produced so they're more easily consumable for you.<br />
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Just a bit of perspective from a podcast consumer who's also producing video and audio (albeit making it up as I go along).<br />
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<b>EXAMPLES</b><br />
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A short video with a transcription:<br />
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/spend-your-money-on-diesel-and-coffee.70072/" class="link link--internal">Spend your money on diesel and coffee</a></u></li>
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The call with <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/22526/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="22526" data-username="@Nicoknowsbest">@Nicoknowsbest</a> that I spent $75 to get transcribed (12,274 words - surely good for SEO too?):<br />
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/andytalks-to-nico-about-graphic-design-selling-services.70779/" class="link link--internal"><u>AndyTalks with Nico about Graphic Design and Selling (Local) Services</u></a></li>
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