Kathy Schrock mentioned an interesting Google docs hack she (and I) had not encountered previously. She had discovered that you can open a Google doc, turn on transcription, and then play audio that will be transcribed to the doc. I first tried this with my iPad and could not get it to work. I was trying to play one of my YouTube tutorials and as soon as I clicked the mike button for the transcription the iPad would stop the existing audio. The transcription was working fine because it recorded my comments on the failed technique.
I tried the idea on a computer and found that it worked remarkably well. It does not punctuate, but the transcription is reasonably accurate even eliminating imperfections in my speech as such repeated words and UHs. Try it. The final product will require some editing, but it is at least acceptable.
[best guess to what I actually said which also would not be the quality of carefully written text] … to explain the basics of using an online service InsertLearning. InsertLearning is intended to be used by educators and students as a way to I would describe as add elements to online web pages and so the idea as used by an educator would be to prepare online resources as learning an activity for students. So you start with something that is already there. What I am using as a demonstration here is simply a blog post that I had. You add elements to this online existing resource ….
Thanks for trying this out! On a Mac (have not tried it on a PC yet), if you have the Zoom app on your computer, and open QuickTime – New Audio recording – and pick ZoomAudioDevice from the choices for audio (under the little red down arrow), the Google Voice Typing will “listen” from the computer sound rather than the mic and you will get a better transcription or at least one that does not require you to be in a quiet room!