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Glacier Media saves 30 minutes to an hour per interview with Otter.ai transcription
Glacier Media's editorial staff manually transcribed interviews and press conferences, with no central repository for transcripts and concerns about legal protection for court and current reporters.
How it works
Common implementation structure
How this type of workflow is generally built, generalized across documented cases — not tied to any one vendor's stack. Click any stage to read what happens there. Specific products that implement these stages appear in “Tools commonly seen” below.
Stage 1 · Journalist records interview
Journalists use Otter to record phone interviews via computer on speaker and in-person interviews at events.
Tools used
Otter
Outcome
Reporters now record 15-20 hours of interviews monthly with Otter, with transcripts completed within minutes of interviews ending and saving 30 minutes to an hour per interview compared to manual transcription.
Results
Time saved15-20 hours monthly
Volume30 minutes to an hour per interview
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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