WSJ Transcription service

2020 Dec 10 WSJ

Stack: node, React, Javascript, firebase, firestore, firebase hosting, firebase analytics, STT, Google Cloud Functions, custom authentication using Okta, ffmpeg, ffmpegwasm, google cloud tasks, Google Cloud STT, slate-transcript-editor,


An in house transcription service for WSJ reporters

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Based on refactoring parts from BBC Digital Paper Edit - autoEdit3 open source project. Extracted only the part relevant for transcriptions.

• Client side ffmpeg using WebAssembly ffmpegwasm
• Serverless STT using google cloud tasks
• Refactored to use in house design system (instead of bootstrap or material UI)
• Uses open source slate transcript editor react component as a way to allow correcting the text and preserving time-codes.
• etc...