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SANTHOSH GUNTUPALLI
SANTHOSH GUNTUPALLI

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Stop Treating Transcription Like the Hard Problem

Transcription is no longer the hard part.

Five years ago, converting audio to text was the bottleneck. Today, it’s basically solved.

The real bottleneck is everything that comes after.


What most tools still do

  • Give you raw text
  • Maybe add timestamps
  • Leave the rest to you

So your workflow becomes:

  1. Transcribe
  2. Clean text
  3. Identify speakers
  4. Break into sections
  5. Create subtitles
  6. Summarize

That’s not automation. That’s partial assistance.


The actual problem

People don’t want transcripts.

They want:

  • subtitles for videos
  • summaries for content
  • structured notes
  • searchable segments

Raw text doesn’t solve any of that.


What a modern workflow should look like

Input: video/audio

Output:

  • clean transcript
  • speaker labels
  • chapters
  • summary
  • export-ready formats

Anything less just creates more work.


Takeaway

If your tool stops at transcription,

you’re solving the easiest part of the problem.

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