June 26, 2019
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...
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June 13, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
We recently posted about some exciting new options in the world of captioning spearheaded by a company called Sonix, which offers a page for account set-up for members of the Duke community that waives monthly subscription charges as part of...
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June 4, 2019
By: Devon Henry
These transitions are another bundle from Fx Factory that work for Final Cut Pro. The main idea of the set is to create an ink-blot effect that wipes one scene to the next. It creates a pretty cool effect. The...
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By: Teresa Jennings
With the release of MacOS Catalina, a new feature called Sidecar has been added that enables an iPad to be used as an extended desktop for a Mac. Also, when paired with an Apple Pencil, it can be used to...
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May 31, 2019
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...
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May 14, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
We're excited to announce that our 2019 Lecture Capture Survey is complete. We had a chance to take a birds eye view of ten of the leading lecture capture tools and make some observations about general trends in this rapidly...
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April 23, 2019
By: Devon Henry
Rumor has it that Apple is working on a feature named Sidecar that will allow you to seamlessly use your iPad as a secondary Mac display. While there have been workarounds for this for a while, as someone who just...
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April 22, 2019
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...
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April 8, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
When collaborating on the design of classroom AV systems, having the ability to rapidly sketch, modify, innovate, and share a signal flow diagram is an invaluable tool in avoiding expensive mistakes before install. But, creating signal flow diagrams has traditionally...
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April 5, 2019
By: Devon Henry
I was using Keynote to show how the simple tools could be used to create effective and interesting animations. I was a little stuck on how to easily make items from scratch or where to locate free-to-use vectors for people...
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