The most obvious way to write down a conversation is to record and transcribe it. We’ve tried recording meetups in the past and this reliably fails to result in much, presumably because they aren’t transcribed. I presume that the technology has reached a point where record+transcribe is reasonable. What is the right tech to do this, presumably using a smart phone so it doesn’t require carrying around an extra device?
I predict this, at best, results in something lower effort but less good than a post summarizing the relevant bits. There’s a lot of weird noise in the actual conversation (pauses, occasional yelling, weird references only the two of you get, rambling, repeating yourself) that made sense at the time but doesn’t make for a good reading experience.
Also, you often won‘t know you’re having an important conversation till the very end, and part of the point here is to capture the value of things that are happening spontaneously.
There’s “Rev”, which transcribes at 1 dollar a minute. I’ve used this in the past to write blog posts from conversations, but it doesn’t seem worth it for something like an hour long meetup.
The most obvious way to write down a conversation is to record and transcribe it. We’ve tried recording meetups in the past and this reliably fails to result in much, presumably because they aren’t transcribed. I presume that the technology has reached a point where record+transcribe is reasonable. What is the right tech to do this, presumably using a smart phone so it doesn’t require carrying around an extra device?
I predict this, at best, results in something lower effort but less good than a post summarizing the relevant bits. There’s a lot of weird noise in the actual conversation (pauses, occasional yelling, weird references only the two of you get, rambling, repeating yourself) that made sense at the time but doesn’t make for a good reading experience.
Also, you often won‘t know you’re having an important conversation till the very end, and part of the point here is to capture the value of things that are happening spontaneously.
There’s “Rev”, which transcribes at 1 dollar a minute. I’ve used this in the past to write blog posts from conversations, but it doesn’t seem worth it for something like an hour long meetup.