Hey Tjololo. Two simple questions for ya. 1. How does one vote for TOTM? ANd 2 What type of programming software do you prefer? Object oriented or using the language itself?
LOL, HUGS. I have not been angry all night. I came back on admitting wrongness and hoping to make up. Some others just want to be right, even though the principle of the matter is actually in another's court(mine!!)
I want to start doing hits that involve me transcribing audio. I was wondering, can I use a software that would do it for me?
1. http://mturkforum.com/showthread.php?11285-TOTM-December-Voting 2. It really depends on what I'm doing. Recently I've enjoyed minor scripts the most, which isn't so much object oriented. Python, php, javascript, bash, those are what I use for scripting things. They're mostly "time saver" scripts, designed to automate functions I do frequently. If I'm doing something more elaborate, I'll do some more object-oriented things. I'm most comfortable in Java and Python, though I do have experience with more complex languages like C and C++. Programming is a tool, it's not a solution. You wouldn't use a phillips screwdriver on a flathead screw, likewise you wouldn't use java to do something that is better suited to python. Learn, grow, expand your knowledge. Learn as many languages as you can, so that you have that many more tools in your belt.
You could, but if the audio were that easy to transcribe by software why didn't the requesters do that in the first place? I think it'd be easier to just outright transcribe something yourself than to throw it into a speech-to-text conversion software and have to locate and edit the parts it failed at.
Your exactly right. As you said. use the proper tool for the proper job. I guess the funnest tool for me is using a command line text editor and compiling it from there.
From what I've heard from others requesters for transcriptions are usually a lot more heavy handed with rejections. I don't think you want to leave room for error.
Dude you have a serious victim complex going on. I was here last night I remember exactly what happened. You busted in the thread out of nowhere talking about how people should stop hiding behind pms and say it on the forum. Zomg spoke up and explained it was nothing personal her job as a mod was to pm you and you kept railing her about how she doesn't post enough hits and ****. You kept going so she c&ped your pms where yes you did say you and tjolo deserved it more than anyone else and now you are crying about the context like there might be a way that that wasn't a ****ty thing to say.
I been messing with the script that lets you copy unhighlightable text but forget it I gave up. I was trying to get it working for another work site I do, I hate it when its a hidden field and I cant highlight text lol!!!
I do most of my development from the commandline or gedit (because my work computer is on linux), which is why I kindof prefer scripted languages. For java, I use eclipse. It's a little bit more of a pain because of the compiling process, but it is nice getting some bugs out of the way right away instead of waiting until the line is executed. However, scripted languages can be run so quickly (for the most part) that debugging is much easier. You can throw a hook in there to get you right to that line of code, then add a print statement, and you're there. Instead of having that recompile step, which really slows you down sometimes.
The first script I wrote for mturk was my updated ID copy/paste...I didn't write it, I just updated it. Then I took a stab at a more complicated one, the hit exporter. As I learned I did more interesting things. I can't learn a new language by studying. For example, I'm still learning javascript/jquery, and studying doesn't help at all. I need code, written and working, to decompile and figure out why it does what it does...then change it to do something else. Everyone learns a different way, that's just my experience, but definitely you're going the right direction! Take a look at scripts, try to poke them and break them then fix them! COMMENT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, you'll be a better coder for it. Learn how to bugtest (everyone does it differently, I like the cat method myself) and practice, practice, practice! Find a script, learn how it works, then rewrite it in a different way.
Thank you extra, Turking Vixen. This was the second time I got to do a professional seventeen syllable writing job from Ellen Haiku. I do not have the soul of a poet. In fact, as an historical materialist, I do not have a soul at all. But these are fun.
You can use whatever you want when you do a transcription. All that matters is if what you turn in is accurate and follows the format given to you. There is no audio transcribing software that will help you much with that though. Even human non-native speakers have a very difficult time vs. native speakers. Most of the skill in transcription is being able to figure out difficult words based on context, research, general knowledge, etc. Its really hard for humans and impossible for non-humans at this point.
agreed. I too enjoy the linux better than most OSes. Like I said a good while ago. Linux helped me to learn and do all the fun stuff on my Computers. So thats why Im reluctant to go back to windows. Though I did find a sweet little C compiler for windows ANd works similar to GCC. Its called TCC or Tiny C Compiler. It works from the command line. The only hassle of it is that you have to be in that directory to compile the code.
Yeah, it's bugging the hell out of me. I want the new thread so bad. Can we make the new thread intentionally early for once?
I've heard of TCC, but to be honest I haven't done any C or C++ dev for years and years...I don't know if I could even do a hello world at this point without extensive research XD I don't know if I'd say I like linux better than other OS's, but it definitely works best in a software development environment. Easy to install new software, easy to troubleshoot, good and overt logging...Definitely works I still love my windows box for my games though...delicious games.