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Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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Post by BasilPH »

svat wrote: post #86

This is a great idea; I really enjoy all these "two channels simultaneously" (side-by-side translations, video with subtitles, and in this case video with a readable transcript, where you can scroll in the video or scroll in the transcript, and be synchronized). I had done something like this a couple of years ago for some specific set of videos (e.g. https://shreevatsa.net/tex/program/videos/s10/ — compare with http…

This is cool!

We're doing forced alignment with audio recordings i.e. podcasts. Here's an example from a test client: https://www.withfanfare.com/p/seldon-crisis/search-by-the-fo...

Grateful for any feedback you might have.

Also, if you run a knowledge-dense podcast, or know somebody that does, I would love to talk to you/them. I'm for example considering to link places, people and things in a transcript.

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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Post by vouaobrasil »

specialist wrote: post #105
vouaobrasil wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not so sure because YouTube keeps track of watch time. If no one watches past 2 minutes, then I think that would also be penalized, though I have no insight into the algorithm so I am not sure.

Do you know if YouTube measures wall time or percent of video watched? If percent, then a hack might be slow-mo the content and encourage audience ti watch at 2x speed.

I think it is percent of video watched, because if you check out the analytics in YouTube Studio, it says how many people are still watching by a certain point. So your hack makes sense, but I'm not sure it would work because it is VERY hard to keep anyone's attention on YouTube. The moment it's something even slightly less than interesting, the vast majority of people go onto the next video.

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Post by dirtyid »

neilv wrote: post #38

Hook this up to a language model, and maybe a user could instantly get the one sentence worth of information that the YouTube video creator buries in 10 minutes of monetized noise. And also save yourself time when the creator teases that they provide the info, but it turns out they don't, they're just trying to get views.

Or hook it up with sponsorblock and remove all the non content time stamps

Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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svat wrote: post #86

This is a great idea; I really enjoy all these "two channels simultaneously" (side-by-side translations, video with subtitles, and in this case video with a readable transcript, where you can scroll in the video or scroll in the transcript, and be synchronized). I had done something like this a couple of years ago for some specific set of videos (e.g. https://shreevatsa.net/tex/program/videos/s10/ — compare with http…

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Re: YouTube Transcript – read YouTube videos

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Post by svat »

BasilPH wrote: post #111
svat wrote: post #86

This is a great idea; I really enjoy all these "two channels simultaneously" (side-by-side translations, video with subtitles, and in this case video with a readable transcript, where you can scroll in the video or scroll in the transcript, and be synchronized). I had done something like this a couple of years ago for some specific set of videos (e.g. https://shreevatsa.net/tex/program/videos/s10/ — compare with http…

This is cool! We're doing forced alignment with audio recordings i.e. podcasts. Here's an example from a test client: https://www.withfanfare.com/p/seldon-crisis/search-by-the-fo... Grateful for any feedback you might have. Also, if you run a knowledge-dense podcast, or know somebody that does, I would love to talk to you/them. I'm for example considering to link places, people and things in a transcript.

Lovely, thanks for the example. I really like how the underline is subtle yet effective. The animation/effect where it seems to inch forward is also intriguing; how does that work? (Also, this is subjective but have you considered making double-clicking on the text open the audio player even when it's not been started yet? Would make it more discoverable, though I imagine some could get annoyed. Another minor thing: when the audio is paused and you double click somewhere, the audio position changes but this is not reflected in the player; only takes effect when you unpause.)

You're doing cool work, good luck with your service! It looks very useful and if someone I know is running a podcast I'll recommend it for sure; it looks really well-done and polished (at least the example you shared).

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