Tag: transcripts
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Transcriber now works on Windows!
Podcast Idiot Transcriber’s Linux install worked fine, but the Windows installer fought back at every step. Garbage characters, false success reports, an unreliable ffmpeg fetch, and a silent crash with no clear cause all got debugged through testing on a Dell XPS 13. Rewriting the installer in PowerShell, plus a sharper icon file, finally fixed…
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Podcast Transcriber Problems
Windows seems to be a tough nut to crack for Claude.ai. Looks like it’s mainly due to the fact that Claude can’t test the software in a Windows environment itself. It is making assumptions based on information it has in its model or information it finds online but it hasn’t been enough to make the…
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Episode 20 – I added two new tools to my podcast toolset: Podcast Transcriber and Chapter Creator
Two new tools complete the Podcast Idiot pipeline. The Transcriber runs Whisper locally to turn audio into transcripts with speaker labels, no cloud needed. The Chapter Creator uses AI to read those transcripts and generate Podcasting 2.0 chapter files. Both work with the RSS Feed Builder.
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Modern podcast apps
I created a page on this site to highlight new podcast apps that I use the most. https://podcastidiot.com/apps You can always go to http://newpodcastapps.com to check out the most recent list of apps that utilize many of the new features of Podcasting 2.0. There are a bunch of modern podcast apps that have features you…
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Podcast listing solved and I curse syntax
I wasn’t able to get a response with regards to my messing up the listing of The Casual Hike at podcastindex.org. I ended up changing the file name to my RSS feed and adding the podcast back to the index. That solved my problem and I even kept the same GUID! I didn’t think that…
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Still muddling through
Episode 10! I discuss what I’ve done over the past month. Go over the Chasing the Yield & That’s All I Got podcasts. Discuss workflow, wordpress, and thought process.
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Transcripts & Chapters
An overview of how I implement transcripts and chapters.