Does anyone frequently save information from podcasts or audiobooks?
Curious about how you capture things you want to remember or reference later.
Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
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Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#2Hey there’s this website I use listennotes
It’s pretty good as it transcribe the audio and I usually capture interesting links to resources shared in the podcast to my pocket app.
Last but not least I have a README file on github as TIL where I put stuff I discover from podcasts or just in general
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#3Hey there’s this website I use listennotes It’s pretty good as it transcribe the audio and I usually capture interesting links to resources shared in the podcast to my pocket app. Last but not least I have a README file on github as TIL where I put stuff I discover from podcasts or just in general
Ahh.. listennotes is so great!
I use Google Keep to catalog my notes, similar to your readme workflow, but what i'm missing is being able to go back to the exact point in an episode.
I am doing some market research on this problem and would love to talk to for 20 mins to get your advice on a few things. Based on your HN profile, it looks like you are a heavy podcast listener! It would be a great opportunity for me to learn from you.
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#4If you use an iPhone, and listen to podcasts with headphones that have buttons: https://apps.apple.com/hu/app/airr-highlight-podcasts/id1355...
A triple tap creates highlights at the current location. If the podcast has transcripts, even the surrounding text is saved. It integrates with readwise.io too, so you have export/reminder options there as well.
Unfortunately nothing like this for audiobooks yet.
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#5If you use an iPhone, and listen to podcasts with headphones that have buttons: https://apps.apple.com/hu/app/airr-highlight-podcasts/id1355... A triple tap creates highlights at the current location. If the podcast has transcripts, even the surrounding text is saved. It integrates with readwise.io too, so you have export/reminder options there as well. Unfortunately nothing like this for audiobooks yet.
I'm in the process of creating a website to host a podcast after getting in contact with the producer. I wonder you know:
- are there any open source software that couples transcript with the podcast?
- do transcripts get crated through NLP or some other tech automatically for English podcast?
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#6If I'm on the go, I'll just take screenshots of that point in time and if I remember, I'll go back to that moment and take notes on it, google search it, or something.
If I can stop what I'm doing (if I'm on a walk), I will pause and take notes. With audiobooks, I can bookmark and take notes in Audible. I do wish I could see the transcription because I always worry Audible didn't capture the right portion of the audio so that when I go back to listen later it takes me a while to try to figure out what I bookmarked/clipped. Whereas in a physical book, I know exactly what I highlighted. Does that make sense?
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#7Joplin + Johnny Decimal
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/
They go under 80-89: Inspiration & Notes > 81. Other Thinkers' Ideas Mentioned in Podcasts & Articles
Title: {author or (podcast name & episode)} - {1 sentence description}
Content:
- blog post screenshot?
- bullet point summary of ideas and context building up to ideas?
- url link
E.g. these 2 examples https://imgur.com/a/w3De47J
Worst part abt this system though is that I often listen to podcasts while doing the dishes. Inevitably I rush to write an idea down but my hands are sopping wet.. :^)
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#8Hey there’s this website I use listennotes It’s pretty good as it transcribe the audio and I usually capture interesting links to resources shared in the podcast to my pocket app. Last but not least I have a README file on github as TIL where I put stuff I discover from podcasts or just in general
Ahh.. listennotes is so great! I use Google Keep to catalog my notes, similar to your readme workflow, but what i'm missing is being able to go back to the exact point in an episode. I am doing some market research on this problem and would love to talk to for 20 mins to get your advice on a few things. Based on your HN profile, it looks like you are a heavy podcast listener! It would be a great opportunity for me to…
Yup please feel free to reach out to me I would love to help
Nowadays i barely get time to listen to podcasts.
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#9If it is really good, I will try to get the material in print if available.
Otherwise, I just end up pausing and writing down key ideas.
Re: Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting
#10If you use an iPhone, and listen to podcasts with headphones that have buttons: https://apps.apple.com/hu/app/airr-highlight-podcasts/id1355... A triple tap creates highlights at the current location. If the podcast has transcripts, even the surrounding text is saved. It integrates with readwise.io too, so you have export/reminder options there as well. Unfortunately nothing like this for audiobooks yet.
I'm in the process of creating a website to host a podcast after getting in contact with the producer. I wonder you know: - are there any open source software that couples transcript with the podcast? - do transcripts get crated through NLP or some other tech automatically for English podcast?
This is why I believe shownotes are so important. Include text, links, chapter marks/titles already in the podcast feed... transcripts via AWS/wit.ai or other cloud services...