How Do You Convert Audio Files Into Text?
Whether transcribing a legal deposition or conducting an interview for a newspaper, finding the best way to convert spoken-word audio into a text document is an age-old problem. Transcribing services are expensive and not always prompt. Audio-to-text conversion software often produces such inaccurate documents that it takes longer to correct them than to do a manual transcription. Though there is no magic bullet solution, a little technical savvy can streamline if not altogether eliminate the labor intensive aspects of transcription. Acquire audio editing software. Pro Tools and GoldWave are two popular applications but a plethora of shareware and freeware applications will do the trick. Open your audio file in your chosen editing software. Your application will display the audio file as a visual waveform that allows you to “scrub” back and forth across the recording and avoid losing your place. If you cannot open the file, you may need to acquire audio conversion software to convert i
