Increasing Productivity

There are many things you can do to increase your productivity while doing podcasts. The easiest thing that I've found is slowing the audio down. This can easily be done using a winamp plugin (such as "Slow Me Down" for winamp ). Using these slows down the talking without affecting the pitch of the speaker, giving you more time to type.

Another thing you can do is use hotkeys. Instead of using your mouse to pause, rewind, and play the audio file. Set up your global hotkeys to do these so your hands don't have to leave your keyboard. Even better is if you happen to have a set of joystick-pedals from a racing or driving game that plug into your computer. There are programs out there to convert their movement into controlling the speed and direction of an mp3 file in winamp. Remember, keeping your hands typing will speed up your transcribing because your thought processes doesn't have to stop when you need to adjust the playback!

Posted by Andrew F