No idea if my idea is feasible or not, but I have 3 concepts for how it could work out:
1) it's hella expensive to make transcripts of podcasts. Allow users to contribute a set amount for podcast transcriptions they're interested in (e.g. 50 cents per episode).
2) standard subscription model. Give access tiered access to n podcasts for a set amount per month.
3) modified subscription model. Target 5 minutes of transcribed audio per user. Split audio files into small overlapping segments. People can either pay a subscription fee equal to 5 minutes of audio transcription or can transcribe 5 minutes of content per month.
Any thoughts on which would work best? The crowdsourcing of transcriptions would need stitching together and editing to make it flow, but it might be less obtrusive to people who don't want to pay.
To be honest, I'm hoping for 4) have a computer transcribe and index podcast contents to at least a 90% accuracy. It appears this is a big ask right now, however, which surprises me given how good things like Alexa are.
Full transcript sounds appealing, but is it really what people want? For all signals I've got so far, there's not strong use case for podcast transcript.
It may be more realistic to ask podcasters to provide good show notes, instead of full transcripts. All important things (wikipedia entries, guests background, places mentioned, ...) should be in show notes. Listeners may be interested to contribute to show notes, which is lightweight enough to produce.
My downfall is remembering a sentence or two but having no idea which of the approximately 20 podcasts I listen to the content came from. There are sometimes guests who are on multiple podcasts, overlapping topics, etc.
That's a good point I hadn't considered. Personally I don't consume show notes, but perhaps reading those would help me out overall.
1) it's hella expensive to make transcripts of podcasts. Allow users to contribute a set amount for podcast transcriptions they're interested in (e.g. 50 cents per episode).
2) standard subscription model. Give access tiered access to n podcasts for a set amount per month.
3) modified subscription model. Target 5 minutes of transcribed audio per user. Split audio files into small overlapping segments. People can either pay a subscription fee equal to 5 minutes of audio transcription or can transcribe 5 minutes of content per month.
Any thoughts on which would work best? The crowdsourcing of transcriptions would need stitching together and editing to make it flow, but it might be less obtrusive to people who don't want to pay.