I know I don't post here much, but that's mostly out of embarrassment due to my failure to follow through with my goal of making online videos, but guess what I finally made one how about that?
I got the software. It transcribes beautifully. Unfortunately it doesn't play nice with the other programs I need to run while making videos, and I've needed to get creative about how I use it.
It's going to work though. Will likely need to spend a week practicing with it, but then I'm good to go. Can't wait!
As I was getting ready to record a practice video, I came to the realization that free voice-to-text software is trash.
Like, literally all of it. And my plans for my channel being independent of Youtube requires transcripts of all my videos.
So I had to buy transcription software. It arrives Monday. I don't know how long it'll take me to figure out how to use it, or to "train" it since that's apparently a thing you need to do with the good shit.
I hate all these delays.
Ok wow haven't posted here forever so here's a whopping update.
Still working towards having a channel. Almost ready. Bought a new video camera. It's incredibly complicated. Spending today searching for YT tutorials on how to use it. Feeling overwhelmed. It has... a lot of buttons... and features I don't understand.
Final part for my PC upgrade arrives tomorrow. Will be installed before the week is up hopefully. Then I guess I'll get started. Am writing a video script, but I don't think it'll be the first one I upload. I actually have no idea what's getting uploaded first now.
Also still trying to make choices about exactly where videos will get uploaded besides my own website. #Youtube will probably be one of them, but I'd still maybe like to throw a third one into the mix.
Do any of you know anything about the Mastodon as a Sidebar addon for #Firefox? Is it trustworthy? Will it steal my data, and sell it to Russia?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-as-a-sidebar/?src=search
I'm getting closer to launching my "Youtube" channel. Scarequotes because #Youtube won't be the channel's primary home. My website (which is down at the moment because I'm moving it to its server) will actually be its own channel, and primary hub. Youtube will be secondary. Videos will be posted there a week later.
Basically Youtube will just be backup, and if it takes videos down no big deal. They were already posted to their real site anyway.
Should I have a look at #Peertube too maybe?
♲ @hoergen@horche.demkontinuum.de:
One of my biggest pet peeves while watching #creepypasta #Youtube channels is when the video title says "True Story" and... it's the retelling of some unconfirmed posts from #Reddit.
Not anything wrong with a quality retelling of an interesting story from Reddit, but don't lie. It detracts from your own credibility.
This really broke my heart.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/youtube-red-pill-men-right-wing-hate-radicalization
sexual harassment
Mastodon instances are still vulnerable to trolls account hopping, but users are at least empowered to block and mute...instead of having to wait around for a problem user to get banned.
I often wish people would abandon #Twitter for #Mastodon so I could delete my account there. Twitter is awful, and I resent needing to have one there to easily access content I want to see. But then I remember that Mastodon can easily be exploited in similar ways. It just isn't worth it for people in power to invest the time and money into doing so here when the userbase is so small.
So... really glad I didn't buy #PlanetZoo because it was released with a lot of really bad bugs. Going to wait and see if they're ever fixed. Wow, what a letdown.
#PlanetZoo comes out in a few hours! I still don't know if I want to buy it or not. Usually want to wait until a game's been out at least a week, but I love baby animals so much how am I supposed to do that??
A cosmic purple hairball spreading cheer and video games to the unsuspecting masses!