Marco ArmentRE: https://podcastindex.social/@francosolerio/116285636972773274
I love getting submastodoned
and I'll have you know that they all have that delightful new-Apple-computer smell, thank you very much
Jon Mullins@marcoarment @francosolerio Can we start an old school bbs/forum (toot) war like back in the elder years? š
John Spurlock@marcoarment and think of the forts you can build with those boxes
Rob Fahrni@js @marcoarment Right! What do you do with all those? I keep mine, drives my wife absolutely bonkers. š
Maybe John has room in his attic? (Iām sure someone has already said that.)
Alex Mabe@marcoarment @francosolerio But are your transcripts "Magic", Marco? Or just regular? š
Mutesplash@marcoarment Sounded like you could do this but it wasn't the best experience.
D. Griffin Jones@marcoarment Why donāt you want to say subtooted
joshhunt@marcoarment subtooted
Jarrod Blundy@marcoarment With the performance that @matt_birchlerās getting out of Quick Subtitles, I was a little surprised that you didnāt go the local transcript route. Seems like it would account for the DAI problem too. But you like centrally supplying the transcripts better?
bubbajet@jarrod @marcoarment @matt_birchler This is actually discussed in the ATP podcast. As a nerd who is in way out of his depth, I found the discussion fascinating. Recommend.
ATP #683
@bubbajet @marcoarment Iāll give it another listen! Maybe it went over my head the first time. But if over apps are able to do it (dunno how wellā¦), maybe itās more viable than first it seemed?
Matt Birchler@jarrod @bubbajet @marcoarment FWIW Overcast does have local transcription built in, but it's slower and way more processor intensive than having a transcript ready to go right away.
Takes about 2 minutes of maxing out my iPhone 17 Pro to generate one for an hour+ episode, and even longer on older phones.
Also, Overcast supports iOS 18, which can not use this local transcription, so doing it sever-side gives those users the feature as well, which is nice.
Connor Graham@matt_birchler @jarrod @bubbajet @marcoarment Personally, I also appreciate Marco's approach because, even though these devices are individually power efficient, having thousands of devices separately transcribe a new episode of a popular show is just orders of magnitude more total energy use than transcribing it once and sharing it.
@connor_g @matt_birchler @jarrod @bubbajet And given how long it takes, it can't be reliably done in the background, so it's a poor user experience to NEED to transcribe every episode manually before you can use transcript features.
It also restricts features like search.
@marcoarment @connor_g @matt_birchler @bubbajet That all makes a lot of sense! Thanks for enlightening me. š Iām curious how Castamaticās approach will pan out for its users.
Matt Thomas@marcoarment Overcast can do this too, but Iāve only found a single case where the transcript wasnāt already waiting for me (a non-popular podcast episode that was just released). Overall, itās nice that 99% of the podcasts I listen to already have the transcripts. Even the private ones.
David Harrison šØš¦@codecaffeine @marcoarment I saw a bunch of episodes that āshouldā have had transcripts ready for me but didnāt last week, but things seem to be better this week. Iām guessing the backend is getting better at itā¦
Having the button to generate local transcripts is fantastic, particularly as a backup, but itās not really "magicā.
Franco (Castamatic)@marcoarment No offense š Big fan here.
Just a callback to this bit of podcasting lore: http://jeff-barr.com/2005/06/26/we-dont-need-no-stinking-transmitters/
Just a callback to this bit of podcasting lore: http://jeff-barr.com/2005/06/26/we-dont-need-no-stinking-transmitters/
We Donāt Need No Stinking Transmitters
As part of the intro to each episode of his Daily Source Code, Adam Curry plays a very cool sound clip. A Hispanic voice asks āTransmitters? We donāt need no stinking transmitters!ā For some reason this little phrase makes me laugh to myself each time that I hear it.
Michael Solis@marcoarment da fuck. Shots fired forā¦ā¦whatās his problem?!?! You made an amazing thing. Spent a crap ton of money but youāre rich so what of it? Why the back handed hate? I donāt get people sometimes.
Graham Ballantyne@morphorod @marcoarment dude, itās a jokeā¦
Matt Wilcox@gnb @morphorod @marcoarment A crap one thatās funny to a niche crossover audience that also doesnāt mind someone being a bit of a dick to someone youād expect to feel like a peer.
But some people like cheap digs at the expense of others because they donāt agree on the reasons for a different approach.
@mattwilcox @gnb @morphorod FWIW, I didn't take it as a cheap dig. I thought it was a joke meant in good fun.
@mattwilcox jeez, you must be incredibly fun at parties
@gnb Graham. I am.
mdavis@marcoarment @francosolerio You also have the potential value of years of podcast transcript data to do with as you please. Iām sure you can think of many relevant uses for that for good and/or profit.