Next level awesome. Great job. I'm actually really excited to see how influencers use this to capture interesting moments in interviews/storylines, etc. So many cool use-cases here. Awesome job Anchor team.
@jaketsacudakis Us too! It was really important to us to support different aspect ratios so people could use the videos anywhere they wanted. Thanks for noticing and we can't wait to see how YOU use it! :)
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I have been seeing audio-visuals like this for a very long time. Had been wondering how to create mine...I think guys at Anchor are really amazing for solving this problem for me and others around the world.
I'm not seeing this feature mentioned, so I'm going to assume it doesn't exist, but I hope I'm wrong.
What if I could point Anchor at _any_ podcast, and tell it which section to make a video / GIF of? So basically, make sections of any podcast I enjoy shareable, so that I can highlight a section I enjoy and share that with my friends, encouraging them to listen too?
It gets exponentially more powerful when I can do this with any audio and not just the audio I record in the app.
@joshlewis Hi Josh, I promise it exists!! Make sure your app is updated, record a segment, and then you'll see a video button next to the segment in your profile. You actually *can* do this with any audio: just drag the audio file in to anchor.fm/clip, select the section you want to transcribe, and add it to your Anchor station. From there, you'll be able to transcribe and share it just like any natively recorded segment. Hope this helps!
Killer feature and the end to end user experience is super well thought through. Transcription accuracy, even for HQ well-spoken English seemed to be about 70-80% which isn't bad, especially considering the editing experience is SO well done (e.g auto-adjusting timings as you edit words out, allowing for slowed playback, etc.). Seriously bravo! 👍Two big questions: (1) As many people begin to use this it'll start to look very similar, and I worry, stale. Would be smart to add customization flexibility in a templated way like Canva does. Coming soon?🙏 (2) Can you enable an export in HD option? The current output is too low-res, especially on stories the text is fairly pixelated. 😔
You all keep getting better and better. As much as I have tried to ignore this crazy pull I have with podcasting to stick with my focus on video, your writing keeps getting bigger on the wall. This is ah-maxing cause some days a girl just don't feel like sharing her face! 🏃🏾♀️*Runs to update the app*
@tawannabsmith Tawanna, thank you so much! I definitely feel you and that's one of my favorite things about audio too haha. So much less pressure and you can really do it literally whenever you want!
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Great job @anchor team! You're definitely redefining the podcast game. I just started as a creator on Anchor and I'm loving the innovation coming from this team. Avid fan here - keep it coming! Btw, here's my shameless plug for my anchor channel: anchor.fm/shardul
Nice update and the transcription is pretty accurate. My only problem is that the video is not there for me to download so I have had to reach out to support.
The three versions of formats for videos is great.
I would be interested to know if there are plans for a paid white label version in the future which I am thinking would be of assistance to media organisations and brands (my clients).
I am also interested to learn from @anchor if the editing of captions can be done on desktop - I could only see how this is done on my phone
Added this update again to my curations and looking forward to seeing my video!
@krishnade Thanks so much, Krishna! Hopefully our support team will get back to you shortly if they haven't already. We don't have any current plans for white labeling or web editing, but I'd say neither is out of the question for the future :)
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@mayafish I do hope you enable the white label feature some time soon!
BTW support was in contact with me but still having issues - I tried today Wednesday to create a new video and edited the caption and it is saying that there is no internet connection which there clearly is as I was able to create another Anchor.
I am getting the same error on the first video from yesterday - and I have messaged support
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@mayafish Still struggling to get an answer on how to download the video from the first day where I had issues due to service outage and the issue with the app - I am guessing your support are run off their feet? I have sent back a response as the suggestion given does not seem to appear for me - I hope that video transcription can be recovered having spent time correcting it!
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