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Check an OHdio transcript against the recording

Radio-Canada labels its available radio transcripts as AI-generated and potentially inaccurate. OHdio’s playback-speed control can help compare a difficult passage with its audio.

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Open the transcript for the actual episode

Radio-Canada says available radio-programme transcripts appear under the episode’s Transcription tab. Use that episode-level tab rather than assuming a programme description or a search snippet is the complete spoken record. The help says podcast transcripts are to be added, so it does not establish that every podcast already provides one. An absent tab and an error within an available transcript are different observations.

Treat the text as a listening aid

The broadcaster expressly warns that these transcripts are generated with artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes. For a name, number or quotation that matters, compare the relevant section with the recording before repeating it as an exact statement. This is an editorial checking method: the transcript is useful for locating a passage, while the audio supplies the spoken wording to review.

Slow supported audio through the player

OHdio supports speed selection on iOS, Android and its website. While listening, open the audio player, select the 1x speed control at the lower left and choose the desired rate. Replay the passage at a comfortable pace. The provider does not promise this adjustment for every content type; music albums and playlists are among the exceptions, and advertising speed cannot be changed.

Report the specific text discrepancy

Radio-Canada provides [email protected] for transcript problems. A useful correction identifies the episode, passage or approximate audio position, the displayed text and what the recording appears to say. Avoid silently rewriting the entire transcript from memory. Keeping the audio comparison beside the proposed correction makes the actual issue clearer than reporting only that automated transcripts can be imperfect.

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