In a recent post I described using Soundflower and Audio Hijack Pro to get Apple’s built-in Dictation tool to transcribe recordings of spoken text.
Below are nine successive transcription results from this process, from a good-quality original recorded on an MP3 device in 2006. After the automated transcriptions I have placed a manual transcription. The speaker is a native U.S. English speaker.
It’s evident that the automated workflow as configured saves no time at all over manual transcription.
Transcriptions
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So I gave up on the way I’m post with those extra euros when you learn I test text your asked you so give it go at the mall
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So I started gave up on the go since he’s better than to write I posted with is extremely useful when you were going to text your learning one at your so. It won’t work after all
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So I started Dave up on the overview better than right I composed and kind which was extremely useful when you are going to have to text your learning when asked you so. It won’t work at the mall
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So I started Dave up on my phone is even better than that right I composed and kind which was extremely useful when you are going to have to text your learning when asked you so. To go work at the mall
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So I started Dave up on my phone is even better than that right I composed right and just kind which was extremely useful when you are Just passed a text you’re learning when asked you so give me a chance to go back home
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So I started Dave up on my love of the season better than to write so I composed this is extremely useful when you are going to have to text your learning what I mean you so baby won’t work after all
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So I started Dave up on that my love is even better than that right I composed with is extremely useful when you are going to have to text your learning when asked you so give me a chance to go after the mall
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So I started Dave up on that my love is even better than that write so I composed and discuss with is extremely useful when you are Just passed the text you’re learning when asked when you’re so give me to go at the mall
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So I started Dave up on my love is you better than that you write so I I wouldn’t compose to come with is extremely useful when you are going to have to text your only learned what mean you so baby what were at the mall
Manual transcription
So I sort of gave up on that and I thought, well, since he’s literate in Manchu and can write Manchu, and so forth, I, um, I would… compose things in Chinese — or sometimes in Russian, because he knew Russian very well — and just ask him to translate, which was extremely useful, you know, because when you learn a language just from… passively… from looking at texts, uh, you’re only learning one aspect of the language, you know. I mean, you’re… So… that gave me a chance to… develop a more active knowledge of Manchu, so that eventually I could write sentences and such things.
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