

The problem is that many videos are created without a script that is followed closely by the speakers in that video.

For video content creators, this means providing a transcript or, better, providing subtitles to that video so that dialogue may be viewed in the same context as the video. One important aspect of that challenge is to make video more accessible to persons who are deaf or have difficulty hearing. The pressure is on to to make screencasts and other online video more accessible.

This can be extremely handy for anyone that needs to create captions for a video, but lacks the transcribed text. Lowney describes how to use the Enhanced Dictation feature in MacOS X 10.9 (Mavericks), combined with Audio Hijack and Soundflower to turn recorded audio into a text file. If you’re interested in captioning your videos, you’ll find this interesting. Frank Lowney from the Digital Innovation Group at Georgia College & State University for this informative guest post.
