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How to quickly write an email by transcribing an audio clip
- Use the 'Voice Recorder' app to record your thoughts.
- It should save it in the .m4a format.
- 'Share' the file to your Dropbox folder.
- Have IBM's Watson transcribe the audio.
- Use zamzar.com to convert the file from .m4a to .wav.
- Explanation: The Watson page doesn't accept .m4a files.
- Upload the .wav file at https://speech-to-text-demo.mybluemix.net/
- Use zamzar.com to convert the file from .m4a to .wav.
- Clean up any imperfections in Watson's transcription.
- When the text has finished being transcribed by Watson, copy it to a text editor.
- Go to http://otranscribe.com/ and upload the original .m4a file.
- Explanation: otranscribe accepts .m4a, and the .m4a file was significantly smaller than the .wav file when I was going through these steps.
- Play the audio slowly while following along in your text editor with Watson's transcript.
- Correct any mistakes that Watson made.