Lesley Carhart 
I know some people love podcasts but every dang time I see an interesting article I would just like to quickly skim and I find out I need to dedicate time to listen to it…
ineedsleeps@hacks4pancakes I like podcasts that summarize/review noteworthy articles for just this reason - let me read at least a summary cause I'm not trying to listen to this person read to me
David Cohen@hacks4pancakes I feel the same every time someone links to a YouTube video
@davidbcohen hard same
Matt Wilcox@hacks4pancakes I find Podcasts are good for grazing. Less so for in depth stuff. They’re a good semi-passive feed of general stuff to either raise interest or relax. They’re bad as active sources.
Dewey Ritten 
It would be great if more podcast producers included transcripts of their episodes. That not only benefits busy folks with skimming/keyword search-based reading, but (especially) makes podcast content more accessible for those with certain disabilities as well.
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyOne cool trick to use YouTube to do this is to generate the .SRT file #SubRip by making the video 'private' but getting youtube to make the .SRT for you. Get an SRT editor and then adjust accordingly as there will be errors.
Try this cite:
https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/create-srt-file/
Full disclosure as I've done a .SRT authoring before. 😐
Keep in mind that iF you are a movie or content creator and post to #Amazon's movie or video marketplace internationally or domesticly.... you are REQUIRED to have a .SRT file. Period.
cool cool. besides the point, but alao I like your selection of handle emojis :)
Lisa Lorenzin (she/her)
Frank Endrullat 🌻@hacks4pancakes Same with YouTube videos. Just give me a text to read! 😅
Crispy Gnome Chomsky@hacks4pancakes Podcasts are great for activities that require dedication of 25% or less of your attention, such as prepping food, walking or running, or hacking into industrial automation systems (I kid - LC knows I kid). Thankfully, most players have a 2x playback option for the other times.
THM@hacks4pancakes Podcasts are great, *when I'm driving*, any other time and I need something visual in front of me. Sometimes I can play a RTS or turn based game while listening but I have to have something to do with my eyes.
If I want instructions I prefer written and illustrated/screen caps, no vids unless they add to the process.
J. Peterson@hacks4pancakes Many larger podcasters (e.g. NPR, Gimlet) also post transcripts you can skim or do text searches on.
You may need to dig to find them, and often it takes days/weeks after the podcast is posted for the transcripts to appear.
Last resort: https://github.com/openai/whisper
Renaissance Man@hacks4pancakes
I can skim a long article in a few seconds/minutes and get the critical info (deep-dive if necessary). Forcing me to listen is a no-go. No time for that shit...
I can skim a long article in a few seconds/minutes and get the critical info (deep-dive if necessary). Forcing me to listen is a no-go. No time for that shit...
mask-wearing, socially distant entity@hacks4pancakes I have often wondered if this is an ADHD thing. I can’t stand podcasts.
John Cas@hacks4pancakes you could probably pass it through to an AI and get it to give you a summary.
That Anonymous CowardI know that @mmasnick listens to a bunch of podcasts but hes worked up to listening to them at 2x (maybe more at this point) so he can keep up.
Mike Masnick ✅