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  • Text summary of "Today" programme on Radio 4?

    From Pamela@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 7 14:10:12 2022
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?

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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to Pamela on Fri Oct 7 15:14:54 2022
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.

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  • From Robin@21:1/5 to Pamela on Fri Oct 7 17:00:06 2022
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Yes, they used to do so /and/ (going back even further) provide a link
    to a clip of the relevant bit of the programme.

    Is this still available?

    I don't recall seeing it for some time now.



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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to Roger Mills on Fri Oct 7 16:54:18 2022
    On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.


    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

    Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
    the comedy errors. That's the cost.

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Fri Oct 7 16:00:18 2022
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.


    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

    Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
    the comedy errors. That's the cost.



    Out of interest, how does radio get away without providing a text service
    for the deaf? There’s an awful lot of factual programming on Radio4 that
    just isn’t elsewhere.

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  • From Robin@21:1/5 to Tweed on Fri Oct 7 17:07:58 2022
    On 07/10/2022 17:00, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.


    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

    Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
    the comedy errors. That's the cost.



    I never saw a transcript as such, just a summary of each segment.
    Example here:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9745000/9745360.stm

    Out of interest, how does radio get away without providing a text service
    for the deaf? There’s an awful lot of factual programming on Radio4 that just isn’t elsewhere.


    I hazard the guess that with limited resources the BBC have concentrated
    on providing subtitles and signing for TV services; and that that is the priority for the bulk of the deaf and hard of hearing.


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  • From Roger Mills@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Fri Oct 7 16:28:55 2022
    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.


    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

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    Cheers,
    Roger

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 8 10:06:00 2022
    They used to do this with In Touch as well as some other programmes on disability issues.
    Brian

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    "Robin" <rbw@outlook.com> wrote in message news:88684791-dba4-39a3-c110-1b2111d9a005@outlook.com...
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Yes, they used to do so /and/ (going back even further) provide a link to
    a clip of the relevant bit of the programme.

    Is this still available?

    I don't recall seeing it for some time now.



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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Roger Mills on Sat Oct 8 10:04:09 2022
    No good as it fails when folk talk over each other. Some companies offer
    this service, but require their product to be featured in exchange.
    Brian

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    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?
    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.


    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

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    Cheers,
    Roger

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  • From Pamela@21:1/5 to Robin on Sat Oct 8 14:10:14 2022
    On 17:07 7 Oct 2022, Robin said:
    On 07/10/2022 17:00, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:


    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief
    text summary of each item covered by the "Today" programme on
    Radio 4.

    Is this still available?

    As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still
    exists.

    It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe
    it.

    Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out
    all of the comedy errors. That's the cost.


    I never saw a transcript as such, just a summary of each segment.
    Example here:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9745000/9745360.stm

    Yes, that's a good example of what I mean.

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  • From Max Demian@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 9 11:55:09 2022
    On 09/10/2022 11:19, MB wrote:
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
    summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?


    Over the years, they have cut right back on the amount of information on
    the BBC website.  You used to be able to go to most programmes' website
    and get more details but rare to find much now.  Quite often just a link
    to the recording on iPlayer.

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/08/inside-bbc-archive-100-years

    "‘The cultural memory of the UK’: unearthing the hidden treasures of the BBC archive

    "For years the corporation has been digitising its vast reserve of
    content, turning up lost footage of everyone from General Eisenhower to Victoria Wood. Meet the team bringing a century of footage back to life"

    "The machine scans the film as it is played, so that it can be converted
    into a digital video file. Metadata will be added, including the
    programme’s original Radio Times listing. A powerful speech-to-text
    system introduced by the BBC in 2015 will then create a searchable
    transcript of the episode, adding that to the file, too."

    So all the information is being collected, though whether hoi poloi will
    have access to it is another question.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Pamela on Sun Oct 9 11:19:40 2022
    On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
    Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
    of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

    Is this still available?


    Over the years, they have cut right back on the amount of information on
    the BBC website. You used to be able to go to most programmes' website
    and get more details but rare to find much now. Quite often just a link
    to the recording on iPlayer.

    I think it started with commercial interests moaning about "unfair
    competition" from the BBC though I doubt that many would take out a subscription to a website behind a paywall, especially when they would
    be very unlikely to have what you wanted to know about a BBC programme.

    It always seems case of "if in doubt blame the BBC", local newspapers
    are struggling and blames the BBC but it is not because people get their
    local news via the BBC (there is very little there anyway) but because
    the local papers were very dependent on advertising of houses, cars,
    jobs etc which is now mostly online (obviously not on the BBC).

    I don't think the cost of writing a summary of the programme content is
    a major factor, they will be doing that for the archives anyway.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 9 13:01:21 2022
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    So all the information is being collected, though whether hoi poloi will
    have access to it is another question.

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    Have you not used BBC REWIND?

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