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Dan Cooper's avatar

Many years ago, when I had more hair and was actually working, I subscribed to the Atlantic so I could read your “software chronicles”. I think I tried them all, and still use several, but for me, the grail was always speech to text. I’ve read about Otter, but have not tried it. I think I will give it a whirl. Dragon pretty much pounded a stake through the heart of a project I have sitting on a shelf somewhere, but now I’m motivated to try again. Thank you for that spark.

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Walter Shapiro's avatar

For decades, I had vowed to cover presidential politics long enough to enjoy a self-transcribing tape recorder. Otter changed my life on the road with the Democrats in 2019-2020. One of the biggest virtues is that Otter allows you to easily play back the tape of any part from the transcript that you're using. So as a reporter, I could always check to make sure a meaning-changing word like "not" had not been omitted. Now that I have Otter, I need a new excuse to cover the 2024 campaign. Walter Shapiro

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