People Are Better Than Robots: An Infographic

Once upon a time I used to transcribe interviews, mostly when I was a freelance video producer making my own videos and I was too frugal to pay someone else to transcribe.

It can be tedious and painful, actually, so now on the rare occasion that I do a phone interview for print, I have hired transcribers to do the work. It is possible to have a machine do it for you, but they’re terrible. I mean it’s hard enough for a human to figure out what people are saying.

Or singing. This infographic shows you a comparison:

Thanks to Verbalink Transcription Services, who gave me this cool infographic and sponsored this post.