[NFB-DB] otter.ai

[kg 6sxy (kg6sxy)]

Hello Scott,

When I tested it last night, I was on Zoom on my Mac and using the iOS app standalone on my iPhone.  Maybe not 100% accurate but I found it better than a bunch of the other apps out there so far that missed big chunks of conversation with just a few words here and there.  It seemed to do a pretty good job of separating text by speaker but then I don't really know how many people were talking overall.  It was just a generic Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.

Is there anything else you've found to be better since last year?

Take care,  
Tony


> On May 20, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Scott Davert via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've never tried using it without zoom, but I know before using the
> Zoom plug-in on iOS was a huge challenge for braille users. Maybe when
> used on its own, the service works better? There is also the issue of
> getting the captions accuratley. I know some people want to use what
> it generates as a transcript, but when I used the automated version in
> the fall of last year, it was maybe 90% accurate. There was also no
> way to identify who was speaking, unless the person identified
> themselves.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On 5/20/21, kg 6sxy (kg6sxy) via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfb-db at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> There's a big section on integration with Zoom on their website.
>> 
>> Take care,
>> Tony
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 20, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Tai Tomasi via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Someone told me that this is the same engine behind the captioning in
>>> zoom. I do not have confirmation, but I intend to research this.
>>> 
>>> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
>>> Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com
>>> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
>>> 
>>>> On May 20, 2021, at 6:11 AM, kg 6sxy (kg6sxy) via NFB-DB
>>>> <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else used the https://otter.ai <https://otter.ai/> <https://otter.ai/ <https://otter.ai/>> app for
>>>> live transcription of face to face or zoom conversations that don't have
>>>> chat enabled so you can read what people are saying with a refreshable
>>>> Braille display?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried it on the social justice meeting last night and it seems to work
>>>> really well.
>>>> 
>>>> The basic free plan has 10 hours of recording time per month which seems
>>>> like a good option when you don't need to use it all the time.
>>>> 
>>>> Take care,
>>>> Tony
>>>> 
>>>> 
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