The pandemic has seen the birth of thousands of new podcasts of varying quality. As teachers, it’s tempting to join in but we need to be a bit more careful than the average punter. If you’re planning to deliver a podcast in an education setting, or your podcast is a key part of your teaching, you are bound by the Australian Disability Discrimination act. Basically you need to make your recording as clean and clear as possible, and provide a text transcript.
There are 2 main ways to do produce a transcript. First, write out a text version before the podcast, either a script or a detailed summary, or second, transcribe the podcast after. The advantage of a script or summary is it keeps your recording tight and on track, and you can always update it after if anything pops up during recording. Transcribing after can be a bit more laborious as you may need to listen and re-listen to the recording to get the key points.
Interviews are probably the biggest challenge as most of the content is unscripted. In this case it’s worth looking at an audio to text tool. There are paid and free programs plus a number of smartphone apps. None are foolproof and all the produced transcripts will need tweaking. TechRadar provide a good summary in Best speech-to-text software in 2021: Free, paid and online voice recognition apps and services.
If your recording is nice and clean that will help a lot. Have a look at Izotropes 10 Tips for a Great Sounding Podcast
Wired provides a good summary of general tips . How to Make Podcasts Better for People With Hearing Loss