Trint Unveils Real-Time Live Audio Automated Transcription Tool

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Automated transcription platform TRINT has launched a real-time live audio automated transcription and translation service for radio and podcasts. The new service allows users to have live streams of breaking news automatically transcribed for immediate access accurate quotes and soundbites.  The real time transcription tool is available online and will be added to TRINT's iOS app by the end of the year.

“There’s more pressure than ever before to cover news and live events as they unfold, and at the same time ensure that the coverage is accurate and trustworthy,” said Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and TRINT founder, JEFF KOFMAN. “TRINT’s new feature gives newsrooms and content producers the tools they need to find the moments that matter most and be the first to share them with the world.”

KOFMAN added, “TRINT Translation removes one of the greatest barriers to communication today: language. Although the A.I.-powered translation isn’t perfect, it gives users a first draft that they can use to draw the insight they need to shape their stories and content. Translations can then be easily polished to perfect with the TRINT Editor.”

Among podcasts already using TRINT, founded by former ABC and CBS correspondent JEFF KOFMAN, are 99% INVISIBLE, CRIMINAL, FREAKONOMICS RADIO, THE CITY, THE UNLADYLIKE PODCAST, and RADIO FRANCE; clients for TRINT include AP, REUTERS, THE WASHINGTON POST, VICE NEWS, and DER SPIEGEL.

AP VP/News SANDY MACINTYRE said, “Newsrooms today are under huge pressure to break news and present accurate information at warp speed. Video of live events helps us to do this in real time, but having a machine rather than a human produce a text transcript alongside the video is a game-changer. It means journalists are emancipated from the time-consuming ‘grunt work’ of manual transcription and more of their time can be spent on figuring out the importance of what was said and why the audience should care.

“We estimate a 30-minute live press briefing used to take a minimum of 60 minutes to manually transcribe, whereas with TRINT’s new tool we can get a near-perfect transcription in close to real-time.”

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