The web portal Clases de Periodismo published yesterday 5 essential tools for digital journalists who want to make interviews
Because the post is in Spanish, we will give you a short translation of the key applications featured:
1. Highlight
Free app for iOS devices. You may:
- start/stop for each bit of the interview
- add notes to the interview
- share to email, save to the cloud (google drive, Dropbox, Evernote, etc)
Hightlight app records interview audio
Download it for free in the App Store.
2. Media.io
Useful tool to translate sound filetypes.
Media.io converts audio files
3. Dictation
It is a voice recognition web application, good for dictating.
Dictation online with voice recognition in the browser
4. oTranscribe
It is another web application to make the transcription process easier. It works in the browser. Upload the audio and start transcribing with an easy interface. Allows MP3, OGG, WebM y WAV, and there is a format converter
Some features
- Add cue points.
- Reduce speed.
- Accelerate the recording.
Give it a try here.
5. Dilmot
An easy platform that allows you to publish easily long distance conversations or initiate an interview where others can comment.
Questions can be moderated and the interview can be hooked up with Twitter. Just define a hashtag so the tweets are imported into the platform.
Dilmot is an easy way to publish an interview live in your web
Customize it like you want: logo and colors. Use a subdomain or your own domain even! and best of all, the application has a free plan
Dilmot guest information section
With this tool it is very easy to manage the remote conversation with the person you invite to answer the questions, either of yourself as a journalist, or the readers, or both. Participation of everyone is very simple.
source: http://www.clasesdeperiodismo.com/2014/07/12/5-herramientas-ideales-para-tus-entrevistas/