Category: Digital Publishing

Posted on 03.19.10

Step-by-step Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Metadata Transcription

by Travis Chandler

Now that we’ve had a preview of robot metadata transcribers in part one of this brief blog series, let’s grab some popcorn and enjoy the show! When it came time for me to try out Adobe Soundbooth’s nifty transcribing technology, I launched the program and grabbed a clip of audio that I find entertaining. I happen to have a lot of short audio clips from the terrible-and-hilarious 1966 Sci-fi flop “Zontar, the Thing from Venus” all pre-clipped and ready to go for just this kind of thing. Doesn’t everybody?

The process of transcribing using Soundbooth was as easy as one-two-three: read more after jump.

Posted on 03.09.10

Fun With Video: Metadata & Transcription Software

by Travis Chandler

If you do video work, you’re going to bump into times when you need everything transcribed into a text file. If you have somehow avoided this thus far, it’s only a matter of time before a client requests it, or you end up demanding it for yourself. Now that metadata has become the quiet king of the internet search, you’re going to have to write it all out if you want your work to be found.

To understand why, just consider how you would likely search for a video clip yourself. Imagine you and a friend are discussing a film reference, for instance. Read more after the jump…

Posted on 01.21.10

Apple Tablet: Death Eater to E-Readers?

by Stacy

Are you are one of the many who proverbially turned the page by switching to a Kindle for reading this past year? Well, by opening up the Kindle platform to third-party app developers, Amazon has made some significant efforts to remain competitive with Apple, its line of iPhones, and the much-rumored tablet that is supposedly…

Posted on 01.07.10

Unfriended by Facebook?

by Stacy

Facebook Community Council: Citizen’s Patrol
Using users to monitor the facebooksphere for ‘ethically offensive material.’

I, for one, love Facebook. Yes, it has its glitches here and there and can quickly become like a DVR inbox of “to-friends” or “to communicate” lists, but all in all, it has eliminated the need for me to spend 30 minutes on the phone catching up with each friend every once in a while.

On-going privacy setting tweaks aren’t so bad, though it helps to stay on top of managing them for personal and business pages. Otherwise, all your posts and information could potentially go über-viral. At moments I do wonder if all my personal photos (and those taken of me in public venues) are tagged with deliciously insightful personal information and stored away on some server that could be purchased by the government one day (thank goodness I am pure and innocent).

Earlier this year, Facebook took some flack for not removing pages posted by the Holocaust Denial Movement. So when the social monolith announced its Facebook Community Council—whose goal…

Posted on 12.17.09

Help World Wildlife Fund Protect Nature and Wildlife This Holiday

by Stacy

In the spirit of giving, Mightybytes donated to World Wildlife Fund in honor of our clients, friends and family this year for the holidays. This gift is already hard at work protecting endangered species, preserving threatened spaces, protecting habitats, and addressing global threats such as deforestation. Contributions help WWF build the resources necessary to carry out conservation programs which focus on establishing and managing parks, training and equipping park rangers, guards and anti-poaching teams and helping to meet the needs of local people without destroying natural resources. Keep reading to see recent WWF efforts and ways you can help too…