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March 29, 2023

An Interesting “Failure” of ChatGPT

By: Stephen Toback

We’ve been discussing planning an AI based project for students this summer. One of the things we discussed was using AI to create a natural language interface to Duke’s knowledge base of technical information. As a test, I wanted to see what information already existed based on ChatGPT “scraping” the internet for public info. I […]

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January 26, 2023

AI DDMC

By: Scott C Frey

In the world of audio and video production, having the right tools can make a huge difference in the quality and efficiency of your work. In this article, we will be discussing three powerful applications that can help you take your audio and video production to the next level: Fliki, Dall-E2, and Descript AI. Each […]

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November 8, 2022

Wolfvision CYNAP Pro

By: Scott C Frey

App-free dongle-free screen sharing! Connect and share your screen using the wireless technology that’s built into your own mobile device. Our wireless BYOD solutions suit all iOS, iPadOS, Android, Chrome OS, Windows and Mac devices – with full support for AirPlay, Chromecast, and Miracast screen mirroring. Record your content Cynap Pro lets you record all […]

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June 26, 2019

Comparing Machine Transcription Options from Rev and Sonix

By: Michael Blair

As part of our continuing exploration of new options for transcription and captioning, two members of our media production team tested the automated services offered by both Rev and Sonix. We submitted the same audio and video files to each service and compared the results. Overall, both services were surprisingly accurate and easy to use. […]

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May 31, 2019

The Rise and Fall of BYOD

By: Richard Mitchell

The bring your own device (BYOD) meeting or teaching space has been a popular model for small and medium meeting and teaching spaces. With the rise of inexpensive and ultra-portable laptops and tablets, the traditional “local computer” has slowly lost favor in many spaces. The computer is expensive, requires significant maintenance, and is a prime […]

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April 22, 2019

Remote AV Control

By: Richard Mitchell

“If only I could be in two places at once!” – Every AV Technician… Ever. But… what if you COULD be in two places at once? During a training earlier this year, I discovered that one hardware manufacturer offered a simple method of gaining remote access to the GUI of an AV system. As you […]

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February 28, 2019

New Machine Caption Options Look Interesting

By: Todd Stabley

We wrote in April of last year about the impact of new AI and machine learning advances in the video world, and specifically around captioning. A little less than a year later, we’re starting to see the first packaged services being offered that leverage these technologies and make them available to end users. We’ve recently […]

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December 7, 2018

Rev Adds New Rush Option

By: Todd Stabley

Rev.com‘s captioning services have been in wide use at Duke for the last couple years in part because of their affordability (basic captioning is a flat $1.00/minute), the generally high accuracy of the captions, and the overall quality of the user experience Rev offers via its well-designed user interfaces and quality support. Quick turnaround time […]

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July 17, 2018

Kaptivo

By: Richard Mitchell

Let’s face it… humans like articulating concepts by drawing on a wall. This behavior dates back over 64,000 years with some of the first cave paintings. While we’ve improved on the concept over the years, transitioning to clay tablets, and eventually blackboards and whiteboards, the basic idea has remained the same. Why do people like chalkboard/whiteboards? […]

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