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Wow! I have been trying to find this #song for over four decades. I heard it on a #cassette tape and absolutely loved it. ❤️

I took it to my high school French #teacher, and in her usual helpful and encouraging manner she claimed she couldn't understand it at all and so couldn't help me with any aspect of #transcribing or even #translating it. 🙄

I could understand some of the words, but not enough of them to be able to ever hope to translate it. The few bits I caught led me to suspect it was a song about the Lord Randall poisoning story, but I see now that I am incorrect. 🙂

Gorgeous song nonetheless. ❤️❤️❤️

Ce matin sans hésiter · Jim Corcoran · Bertrand Gosselin

youtu.be/yOMVsxi8vcA

#music
#musique
#french
#français
#Corcoran
#Gosselin

Fahim FarookMacWhisper has this new Parakeet model which transcribes audio at astonishing speeds. I created subtitles for a 30 minute video, which normally takes about 15 minutes, in under 1 minute!<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://a.farook.org/tag/macwhisper" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacWhisper</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://a.farook.org/tag/transcribing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transcribing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://a.farook.org/tag/subtitles" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Subtitles</a>
:rss: Hacker News<p>Show HN: Aqua Voice 2 – Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows<br><a href="https://withaqua.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">withaqua.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Speech_to_text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speech_to_text</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/AI_Native_Dictation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI_Native_Dictation</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Voice_driven_document_editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voice_driven_document_editor</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Voice_only_writing_tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voice_only_writing_tool</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Dictation_software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictation_software</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Scribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scribe</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Transcription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transcription</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Voice_to_text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voice_to_text</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/AI_powered_dictation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI_powered_dictation</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Productivity_tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity_tools</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Artificial_Intelligence_transcription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artificial_Intelligence_transcription</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transcribing</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/YCombinator_startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YCombinator_startup</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Speech_to_text_editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speech_to_text_editor</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>If you can read <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a> would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 yrs worth of US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documents</span></a> need <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcribing</span></a> (or at least classifying) vast majority from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryWar</span></a> era are handwritten in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> requiring people who know the flowing, looped form of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a>. “Reading cursive is a superpower." Some 5,000 Citizen Archivists R helping the Archive read &amp; transcribe some of the more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog <a href="https://www.bespacific.com/can-you-read-cursive-its-a-superpower-the-national-archives-is-looking-for/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bespacific.com/can-you-read-cu</span><span class="invisible">rsive-its-a-superpower-the-national-archives-is-looking-for/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Can you read cursive? It's a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/superpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superpower</span></a> the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a> is looking for.</p><p>More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcribing</span></a> (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryWar</span></a> era are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/handwritten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handwritten</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> – requiring people who know the flowing, looped form of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/nation</span><span class="invisible">/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/</span></a></p>
Deer Witch<p>Thinking about <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcribing</span></a> a novella by <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FountainPen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FountainPen</span></a> (similar to how Mountain of Ink uses LotR for testing ink samples, but at a much smaller scale!). There’s a 175ish pg book I’d like to spend more time with &amp; my gut is saying this is a great way to do so.</p><p>Anyone have recommendations or tips for doing a first transcription project? My handwriting is quite terrible, so itd be for personal use as a handwriting practice project.</p><p>ETA: I have a book in mind, but I appreciate the recs!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://penfount.social/@penfount" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>penfount</span></a></span></p>