An evolving playground for the work of FORCE11 SCWG4.
See Meeting transcripts: towards a more FAIR representation of a scholarly meeting for some high-level thoughts on what this is trying to achieve from at least the standpoint of a tool for meetings.
WARNING: This repository contains an archive of all of our meetings and will become quite large over time. Be sure to have a good Internet connection before cloning or downloading this repository.
An effort is being made to make this site compile in a cross-platform way, though it has been tested exclusively on Linux.
Before compiling this site, you will need to install several programs:
ffmpegcompiled withlibopussupport for theimport-audiocommand.pandocfor the file processing and conversions- Ruby, to run the Nanoc static site generator and commands
Then install Ruby gems:
gem install bundler # if needed
bundle installHigh-level overview of the sequential nanoc commands used to create an agenda and prepare for a meeting:
+-------------+ +--------+
| Google Docs | | smtp |
+-------------+ +--------+
^ ^
+-----------+ +------+ | +------+ |
+--+ agenda.md +--+ +---+ html +---+ +--------+--------+ +---+ html +---+ +---+----+
| +-----------+ | | +------+ | | | | +------+ | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| create-agenda +-->| compile +-->| create-notes +-->| compile +-->| mail |
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| | | +------+ | | | | +------+ | | |
+-----------------+ +---+ mail +---+ +-----------------+ +---+ mail +---+ +--------+
+------+ +------+
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Create an agenda for the next meeting.
nanoc create-agenda 'next monday at 9am' -
When the agenda is ready, compile it into two representations, one to be sent as an email to the group and one to be imported into a Google Doc as a working agenda.
nanoc [compile] [--verbose] -
Generate a working agenda and meeting notes Google Doc from the html representation of the agenda.
nanoc create-notes output/meetings/2018-02-13/agenda.html -
Recompile to generate short links to the working agenda.
nanoc [compile] [--verbose] -
Notify the group of the meeting and preserve a copy of the invite.
nanoc mail output/meetings/2018-02-13/agenda.mail
High-level overview of the sequential nanoc commands to generate a broad transcription of a call:
+-----+ +------+ +-----+
+----| ogg +-----+ +-----| json +------+ +----| vtt +-----+
| +-----+ | | +------+ | | +-----+ |
| | | | | |
+------+ | | | | | |
| zoom +-->| import-audio +-->| recognize-audio +-->| generate-vtt |
+------+ | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| +-----+ | | | | |
+----| mp3 +-----+ +-------------------+ +----------------+
+-----+
The general process goes like this (of course replace these file paths with the appropriate locations):
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Import the audio into formats and bitrates appropriate for the Web, enriching with appropriate metadata.
nanoc import-audio ~/Documents/Zoom/2017-12-18 09.02.31*/audio_only.m4a -
Send the audio to a speech-to-text service for forced alignment and initial raw recognition of the audio.
nanoc recognize-audio items/meetings/2017-12-18/audio_0.ogg -
Generate a WebVTT file from the recognition to use as a starting point for the transcription.
nanoc generate-vtt items/meetings/2017-12-18/audio_0.json -
Manually edit the WebVTT file for accuracy, clarification, diplomacy, etc.
nanoc [compile] [--verbose]nanoc viewThe site should then be available at http://localhost:3000/.