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noScribe is an AI-based software designed for transcribing audio, particularly useful for qualitative social research and journalistic interviews. The software is free, open-source (licensed under GPL-3.0), and operates entirely offline, meaning no data is sent to the cloud, ensuring privacy. It can recognize up to 99 languages and distinguish between different speakers, which is particularly helpful for interviews with multiple participants.
The software includes an editor that allows users to review, verify, and correct the transcriptions manually. It utilizes advanced AI models, such as OpenAI’s Whisper, faster-whisper by Guillaume Klein, and pyannote by Hervé Bredin, for the transcription process.
It requires a relatively up-to-date computer to function efficiently, slower systems may result in long transcription times. The software is around 3.7 GB, poor audio quality may lead to transcription errors.
noScribe aims to reduce the difficulty of transcription for researchers and journalists, offering a reliable, private, and easy-to-use tool for processing interviews.
Find a review of noScribe (in German) here: https://sozmethode.hypotheses.org/2315.
Source: https://github.com/kaixxx/noScribe
Read MoreSimple online service to let people pay to send you emails/service requests: ningo.me. – though, it remains unclear who the service provider of ningo.me is, since the company behind the product hast been renamed and rebranded in June 2021 without disclosing so on the product page. –> Deprecated, service discontinued (14.6.2024)
Automatische Transkription, mit Schweizer Mundart-Erkennung und Branchenfokus: recapp.ch.
Der Dienst töggl ist ein KI-getriebenes Spracherkennungsprogramm mit Fokus auf Schweizer Sprachen, insbesondere Schweizerdeutsch. Satzzeichen werden von selbst gesetzt. Segmentierung nach Sprechern erfolgt ebenfalls automatisch. Nach dem Transkribieren kann der Text manuell überarbeitet und anschliessend exportiert werden: xn--tggl-5qa.ch, töggl.ch.
Review by Digitec “Schwiizertüütsch transkribieren – Töggl im Test”: digitec.ch/de/page/schwiizertueuetsch-transkribieren-toeggl-im-test-22436.
Trint’s AI turns audio & video files to text in 30+ languages. Tell stories faster by transcribing, translating, editing and collaborating in a single workflow: trint.com.
Weitere Reviews: blog.clickomania.ch/2023/02/03/transkriptions-tools-im-vergleich/#4-3, blog.clickomania.ch/2021/12/08/toeggl-ch/.
Weiteres Tool: iit-services.ch/stt4sg.
Read MoreResearch project on a sentence-level transcription engine from Swiss German audio to Standard German text, by FHNW & ZHAW: https://stt4sg.fhnw.ch.
Read MoreOn Nuudle, one can create polls to arrange an appointment or other simple surveys. In contrary to its sibling Doodle, Nuudle is fully anonymous, without any user-tracking, advertisement etc.: https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de.
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