Here is the problem I’m trying to solve. Lately I have had numerous cases where evidence is found in online video and in audio podcasts. I needed a way to archive and analyze this material, at least the verbal part of it.

My proposed solution is to use a speech to text software to transcribe the audio portion of the video (or the podcast…obviously) to text.

Hopefully this will allow me to provide my clients with text to accompany the video or audio recording. I can also take portions of the transcript and use it in my reports/briefs, etc. Furthermore where certain keywords are of interest I can do keyword searches on them.

I’m expecting some hiccups. The software’s ability to do the transcription is going to depend on the audio quality. If I’m spending a lot of time doing corrections on the transcript then it kind of defeats at least part of the purpose.

If the community has any better ideas, I’m certainly open to them. Please post or send me a note offline.