While using the Konch.ai I was surprised at how well it worked to accurately transcribe the episode of Soul of Reason. However on the occasions that it failed it did so very understandably. In the episode I was assigned to transcribe it was speaking on southern African countries and their leaders, a lot of the things transcribes incorrectly were the names of the leaders. Majority of the mistakes that Konch made in the transcription were when the guest was speaking, I’m not sure if this may be the case but since the host stays constant it may be more familiar with his cadence. Even in the instances where the AI was unable to determine the total number of speakers it was consistent in the lack of errors with the host. I am now curious as to how Konch would handle guest speakers with accents because it had some difficulty writing foreign names I can’t imagine it trying to transcribe someone who isn’t a native English speaker.
I was very impressed with Rewant Prakash’s presentation, sexual/reproductive education is something that is important because it seems like reproductive health is taken less seriously. India was one of the first developing nations to have a family planning program and it is very beneficial for couples so they can avoid unplanned pregnancies.