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Transcribe Audio To Text Mac5/6/2021
Dictation is the best transcriber I have found that will run on my MacBook (there exist others like PocketSphinx but this is no where near as accurate).Have a look at: How to Transcribe.MP3 Audio from Podcasts or.MP4 Movies to Text on Mac OS.
Of course Ive already realised I could use outputinput redirection to transcribe just a couple minutes of audio, but Im talking days of audio, and I do not want to be unable to use my MacBook for days. That said, Id set up a scripted solution that runs while Im not using the computer, e.g. Im sleeping, then it doesnt interfere with my usage. It fails to type until I pause my speech, and if I say too much before a pause, it loses whole phrases. This began after one of the recent updatesa few months ago, it was much better. This problem makes it impossible for me to use on an unedited audio file; I must first load the file into Audacity or Amadeus and insert lots of pauses. ![]() ![]() Then in the dictation settings you can select eqMac as the input and continue from there - as per the blog post mentioned in comments. For batch processing, just have a VLC playlist of all your files and let it go. I tried out with some previous recordings and the recognition was poor. Hopefully that will improve with more articulate and clear speaking. The only alternative was a 99 commercial application to replace it. It still uses Macs native recognizer, true, but at least this can be tried without paying 99. Not the answer youre looking for Browse other questions tagged macos audio siri voice-dictation. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.
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