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The Longest Now


Real-time transcription / interpretation
Monday January 24th 2005, 5:29 pm
Filed under: %a la mod

I was thinking today, that real-time audio transcription is the kind of
effort which clearly benefits from simultaneous editing
of a single file… even more strongly and obviously than, say,
developing a whitepaper or encyclopedia article, or working on a puzzle
hunt
.

At the same time, I’ve been looking for translators who can do
real-time interpretation for the Wikimania conference
this summer; it turns out that they tend to interpret in pairs, with
[say] English-German and German-English interpreters sharing a
sound-booth.  What I’d like even more than this, would be a
few
different German-English translators all speaking into the same
sound-stream.  One would do the primary interpretation, and
the
others would be kibbitzing for all to hear :

I want to thank my brothers here ... for 
                      friends or colleagues                            

supporting me through these cruel times and events... vicious                                  no, oppressive times 
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Transcript update: #webcred online
Monday January 24th 2005, 4:44 pm
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The IRC backchannel chat is now online, all 400Kb of it.
 
Friday | Saturday | Post-conference chats … or get it all in one file.

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Wiki Wiki Thing
Monday January 24th 2005, 3:10 pm
Filed under: indescribable

This crazy guy from Chiba spliced together a theme song for the next wikipedia event. You all have to listen to this… unless you’re allergic to Monty Python. First one to correctly guess who’s saying “fabulous!” gets a cigar.

Wiki Wiki Thing …

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