Comment by donatj

3 months ago

It's a little over two paragraphs. Seems like it would have been simpler just to... type it out?

Why spend two minutes typing (and realistically longer than that, if I want to capture the exact transcript I would need to keep hitting pause and play and correcting myself) when I can spend ten seconds pasting a URL into my terminal and then dragging and dropping the resulting file onto the MacWhisper window?

I actually transcribed the whole TikTok which was about 50% longer than what I quoted, then edited it down to the best illustrative quote.

  • Then you spend these 2 minutes to check if a transcript is correct

    • Checking if a transcript is correct takes massively less time than typing one out in the first place.

      Especially since typing a transcript still involves checking that you got it right!

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Well if you do it once then yes, but if you automate this process it is different. E.g. I do this with YouTube videos, because watching 14 minutes video or reading 30 seconds summary is time saver. I still watch some videos fully, but many of them are not worth it.

So in summary I think it was just part of automated process (maybe) or it will become one in the future.