After last week, it was back-to-work Monday, and I quite liked getting back down and dirty with the nitty gritty of daily life. Sometimes the mundane is a pleasure. today's big job was transcribing last Friday's edition of Rare Earth - on alternative meat - by which they mean artificial or cultured meat grown in a laboratory setting. As part of the process delivering a programme a transcript and PasB (Programme as Broadcast) needs to be sent to the Open University. Also sent is the audio of the programme. Given this series is 53 minutes long, doing all of the OU Deliverables takes the best part of a half day. The transcription is interesting as I firstly do this on 365-Office - but what comes back is laughable. Actually that's unfair, it's very good, but can throw up odd whoopsies, such as ending a speakers words at the beginning of the next speakers words, or best of all typing Great tits as Great xxxx. All of which needs checking and tidying up and takes about 3 hours. In many ways I enjoy it as I get to listen to the programme properly, and in doing so when i come to do the paperwork after broadcast, it's already done.
The blue line in the middle is the audio being played on VCS, otherwise known as Highlander. A very useful tool in that the audio plays with a timeline to work from.
My day on Monday then, or morning to be precise.
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