Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

Is this still available?

On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>
> Is this still available?
As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.

On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>> summary
>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>
>> Is this still available?
> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.
>

It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.

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On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
> On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
>> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>>> summary
>>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>>
>>> Is this still available?
>> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.
>>
>
> It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.
>
Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
the comedy errors. That's the cost.

On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.

Yes, they used to do so /and/ (going back even further) provide a link
to a clip of the relevant bit of the programme.

> Is this still available?

I don't recall seeing it for some time now.

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Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
>> On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>>>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>>>> summary
>>>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>>>
>>>> Is this still available?
>>> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.
>>>
>>
>> It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.
>>
> Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
> the comedy errors. That's the cost.
>
>

Out of interest, how does radio get away without providing a text service
for the deaf? There’s an awful lot of factual programming on Radio4 that
just isn’t elsewhere.

On 07/10/2022 17:00, Tweed wrote:
> Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>>>>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>>>>> summary
>>>>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this still available?
>>>> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.
>>>
>> Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out all of
>> the comedy errors. That's the cost.
>>
>>

I never saw a transcript as such, just a summary of each segment.
Example here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9745000/9745360.stm

> Out of interest, how does radio get away without providing a text service
> for the deaf? There’s an awful lot of factual programming on Radio4 that
> just isn’t elsewhere.
>

I hazard the guess that with limited resources the BBC have concentrated
on providing subtitles and signing for TV services; and that that is the
priority for the bulk of the deaf and hard of hearing.

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No good as it fails when folk talk over each other. Some companies offer
this service, but require their product to be featured in exchange.
Brian

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> On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
>> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>>> summary
>>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>>
>>> Is this still available?
>> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still exists.
>>
>
> It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe it.
>
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> Cheers,
> Roger

They used to do this with In Touch as well as some other programmes on
disability issues.
Brian

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> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>> summary
>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>
> Yes, they used to do so /and/ (going back even further) provide a link to
> a clip of the relevant bit of the programme.
>
>> Is this still available?
>
> I don't recall seeing it for some time now.
>
>
>
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> Robin
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On 17:07 7 Oct 2022, Robin said:
> On 07/10/2022 17:00, Tweed wrote:
>> Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2022 16:28, Roger Mills wrote:
>>>> On 07/10/2022 15:14, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>>> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief
>>>>>> text summary of each item covered by the "Today" programme on
>>>>>> Radio 4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this still available?
>>>>>
>>>>> As the BBC are totally skint, I doubt such a service still
>>>>> exists.
>>>>
>>>> It needn't cost much if they use voice recognition to transcribe
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>> Still requires compliance, i.e someone to read it, and filter out
>>> all of the comedy errors. That's the cost.
>>>
>
> I never saw a transcript as such, just a summary of each segment.
> Example here:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9745000/9745360.stm

Yes, that's a good example of what I mean.

On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text summary
> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>
> Is this still available?

Over the years, they have cut right back on the amount of information on
the BBC website. You used to be able to go to most programmes' website
and get more details but rare to find much now. Quite often just a link
to the recording on iPlayer.

I think it started with commercial interests moaning about "unfair
competition" from the BBC though I doubt that many would take out a
subscription to a website behind a paywall, especially when they would
be very unlikely to have what you wanted to know about a BBC programme.

It always seems case of "if in doubt blame the BBC", local newspapers
are struggling and blames the BBC but it is not because people get their
local news via the BBC (there is very little there anyway) but because
the local papers were very dependent on advertising of houses, cars,
jobs etc which is now mostly online (obviously not on the BBC).

I don't think the cost of writing a summary of the programme content is
a major factor, they will be doing that for the archives anyway.

On 09/10/2022 11:19, MB wrote:
> On 07/10/2022 14:10, Pamela wrote:
>> Some years ago I remember seeing on the BBC web site, a brief text
>> summary
>> of each item covered by the "Today" programme on Radio 4.
>>
>> Is this still available?
>
>
> Over the years, they have cut right back on the amount of information on
> the BBC website.  You used to be able to go to most programmes' website
> and get more details but rare to find much now.  Quite often just a link
> to the recording on iPlayer.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/08/inside-bbc-archive-100-years

"‘The cultural memory of the UK’: unearthing the hidden treasures of the
BBC archive

"For years the corporation has been digitising its vast reserve of
content, turning up lost footage of everyone from General Eisenhower to
Victoria Wood. Meet the team bringing a century of footage back to life"

"The machine scans the film as it is played, so that it can be converted
into a digital video file. Metadata will be added, including the
programme’s original Radio Times listing. A powerful speech-to-text
system introduced by the BBC in 2015 will then create a searchable
transcript of the episode, adding that to the file, too."

So all the information is being collected, though whether hoi poloi will
have access to it is another question.

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So all the information is being collected, though whether hoi poloi will
have access to it is another question.

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