What exactly is a Ground-Truth Transcript?

Ground-Truth Transcript explained:

Have you encountered the term “Ground truth”? We can guess what it could mean, some kind of absolute, fundamental, unchanging truth, solid base for other truths? But, can any truth be really objective, since everything is always filtered through subjective interpretations? What about strict facts and logic, science? Can we ever provide an objective presentation of the reality, in a manner that does not add or take anything? Why do people ask these questions that cannot be answered in a definite way, because each answer will rely on a complex set of philosophical assumptions, that can also be questioned? Maybe there are many truths that cover one specific aspect of that what is real, and they can be used together, complementary? Maybe there are even different systems of knowledge, that enable principally different truths? If there are other sentient lifeforms in all that vast space, would their Truth be different from ours? We have gone way off tangent, we know, but give us a chance to explain why, and by the end of the article you will learn a lot about Ground Truth, and how it relates to The Truth in philosophy, how it is used in scientific research, and finally, it’s interesting application in transcription services.

Ground Truth and the scientific method

Any profound and well-made work of art has the capacity to communicate deep and meaningful Truths about Life and Death and human condition in general, but that answer will never be singular, because such truth is the result of synthesis of the subjective truth that guided the author and the subjective truth of the reader, or viewer or listener. However, the end result of all good art is to expand and enrich the personal notion of truth of the consumer of that art, like a good conversation in which neither side aims to convince the other, but they both feel good afterward, because they learned something new, and broadened their understanding of their own viewpoint, and various viewpoints that are also possible. There is an endless number of possible perspectives on so many things, and when trying to view the world from someone else’s well-articulated perspective, we see new possibilities and ways of existing, and become less endangered by the shadows of narrow mindedness and lack of imagination.

Statistics and machine learning

Ground truth and transcription services

How can you get a reliable ground truth transcript?

First you need to getter up your ground truth data which you will use for your checkup. You need to choose some audio file samples out of which you should then create one large file. The next step is getting them accurately transcribed. We strongly recommend you use a professional human transcriber, with a lot of experience and good reviews to do this transcription. You can also do it by yourself, but you need to prepare yourself for losing some of your precious time. Also, it tends to be a nerve-racking task if you are not trained to do this. The other option you have is to send the audio files to a transcription service provider like Gglot, which can help you out with this. We will do the job fast and for a fair price.