Hey Speech-Heads,
By now, everybody knows about Google expanding its robo-transcription function to include every video on YouTube. In fact, you may have read about it in a recent story in Speech Technology.
Well, that’s all fine and good. We here at SpeechTech Blog love transcription as much as the next guy. But every video? I mean there are some pretty insane/marginal/terrible videos on YouTube. Take for example Mannequin Dance Party. Do we really need this video transcribed? Do we really want it transcribed? Well, maybe. Who am I to judge? And, I suppose I shouldn’t be so negative. This next video, titled Talking Carrots definitely deserves transcription.
But my Speech Brother Eric. B and I still have doubts about Google’s ability to transcribe every video. So, that is why we are issuing the following Transcription Challenge to YouTube and Google.
Says Eric B., Transcribe This:
