Hey, Product Hunt!
One of the things we've been hearing from audio content creators since the day we started Anchor was that audio is hard to share on social media. Most major social platforms don't yet have native support for audio, so trying to raise awareness for your podcast or other audio content on social can be difficult.
So we built a new tool inside of Anchor that makes sharing audio to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube - or anywhere else videos are consumed - incredibly easy.
First, just record audio directly into the Anchor app, or upload existing audio (a clip from your podcast, etc) to your Anchor account. Anchor Videos will then magically transcribe your audio. You can quickly fix any minor transcription issues and Anchor Videos will overlay your words synced perfectly with your audio in a beautiful, shareable video. Best of all, you can export your video at whatever size you need: square (perfect for Instagram), wide (perfect for Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube), and tall (perfect for Instagram Stories). It's that easy.
We've been beta testing this feature for a few months now, with both casual Anchor creators and some of the biggest podcasters in the world. Here are a few examples:
Pod Save America (by Crooked Media): https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmeri...
The Outline:
https://twitter.com/anchor/statu...
YouTuber Jordan Taylor:
https://youtu.be/in_1CtLgk3M?t=57s
We'll be here on Product Hunt answering questions all day. Thanks!
@mignano this sounds like literally magic. how do i know that when Anchor is done revolutionizing podcasting and audio content, you won't use these same powers to steal my soul?
@brandonuttley Hey Brandon! Are you definitely on the latest version of the app (2.9)? If so, it may be that you're looking at a segment you don't own. We don't allow transcription on songs or other people's segments that have been added to your station. Lemme know if that doesn't seem like the issue!
Love this! Sharing audio on social has been notoriously difficult, while video has been the media format of choice across all the major platforms of late. Giving people the ability to easily convert audio to video while transcribing the text makes perfect sense...
Here's an example of what Pod Save America looks like as a video using Anchor: https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmeri...
THIS is amazing.
Personally, as a writer, I'm a HUGE fan of Anchor. When I have half-baked ideas and don't have my computer in front of me, I use Anchor to crystallize my thoughts, feelings, and views. I also love the community aspect and the production simplicity of Anchor. I can call-in to my friends and find cool strangers who look awesome and have interesting conversations - that actually sound pleasant enough to listen to.
I can't wait to use this video feature. I believe Anchor is to audio what Medium is to writing, Instagram is to photos, and YouTube is to videos. I predict it will catch on like wildfire.
Best of luck @mignano and the @anchor team!
@mignano@anchor@daveschools_ Thanks so much, Dave! So cool that we're able to help with your writing process. I think you'll love the simplicity of the videos too :)
This looks really promising as a way to share audiograms across the web! Does this work on anchor.fm/clip? I have a long-form podcast (soundcloud.com/exvangelical-podcast) that I'd love to extract clips of.
@brchastain It does! If you want to promote a soundbite from a longer podcast, first clip what you want at anchor.fm/clip, then tap the video button inside of the Anchor app (on your profile) to kick off transcription.
This looks very promising. I'll definitely give this a try. I like how the video looks pleasant to look at, and some randomly put together visuals.
I'm wondering tough if this app actually transcribes what you record or if you have to manually transcribe your audio?
If this is done automatically, that's a huge selling point that I don't see advertised on the site.
What I do love about it is that this is PERF for social media. I can see how it will engage users.
Great product!
@fouad_tolaib It's a mix of both. Our software does a first pass at transcription. Any words it gets wrong or misses, you can easily correct or add, right from the app. Thanks for checking it out!
@fouad_tolaib Hey Fouad! It is done automatically, although you'll definitely want to preview your transcription and tweak any words that may have been missed by the robots :) We make it really fast (and dare I say, fun?) to edit your transcription, though. Try it out and let us know what you think!
@fouad_tolaib We clearly should do a better job of explaining that, haha! Are you referring to our announcement post or our website in general? Thanks for the feedback!
Next level awesome. Great job. I'm actually really excited to see how influencers use this to capture interesting moments in interviews/storylines, etc. So many cool use-cases here. Awesome job Anchor team.
@jaketsacudakis Us too! It was really important to us to support different aspect ratios so people could use the videos anywhere they wanted. Thanks for noticing and we can't wait to see how YOU use it! :)
I have been seeing audio-visuals like this for a very long time. Had been wondering how to create mine...I think guys at Anchor are really amazing for solving this problem for me and others around the world.
I'm not seeing this feature mentioned, so I'm going to assume it doesn't exist, but I hope I'm wrong.
What if I could point Anchor at _any_ podcast, and tell it which section to make a video / GIF of? So basically, make sections of any podcast I enjoy shareable, so that I can highlight a section I enjoy and share that with my friends, encouraging them to listen too?
It gets exponentially more powerful when I can do this with any audio and not just the audio I record in the app.
@joshlewis Hi Josh, I promise it exists!! Make sure your app is updated, record a segment, and then you'll see a video button next to the segment in your profile. You actually *can* do this with any audio: just drag the audio file in to anchor.fm/clip, select the section you want to transcribe, and add it to your Anchor station. From there, you'll be able to transcribe and share it just like any natively recorded segment. Hope this helps!
Killer feature and the end to end user experience is super well thought through. Transcription accuracy, even for HQ well-spoken English seemed to be about 70-80% which isn't bad, especially considering the editing experience is SO well done (e.g auto-adjusting timings as you edit words out, allowing for slowed playback, etc.). Seriously bravo! 👍Two big questions: (1) As many people begin to use this it'll start to look very similar, and I worry, stale. Would be smart to add customization flexibility in a templated way like Canva does. Coming soon?🙏 (2) Can you enable an export in HD option? The current output is too low-res, especially on stories the text is fairly pixelated. 😔
You all keep getting better and better. As much as I have tried to ignore this crazy pull I have with podcasting to stick with my focus on video, your writing keeps getting bigger on the wall. This is ah-maxing cause some days a girl just don't feel like sharing her face! 🏃🏾♀️*Runs to update the app*
@tawannabsmith Tawanna, thank you so much! I definitely feel you and that's one of my favorite things about audio too haha. So much less pressure and you can really do it literally whenever you want!
Great job @anchor team! You're definitely redefining the podcast game. I just started as a creator on Anchor and I'm loving the innovation coming from this team. Avid fan here - keep it coming! Btw, here's my shameless plug for my anchor channel: anchor.fm/shardul
Nice update and the transcription is pretty accurate. My only problem is that the video is not there for me to download so I have had to reach out to support.
The three versions of formats for videos is great.
I would be interested to know if there are plans for a paid white label version in the future which I am thinking would be of assistance to media organisations and brands (my clients).
I am also interested to learn from @anchor if the editing of captions can be done on desktop - I could only see how this is done on my phone
Added this update again to my curations and looking forward to seeing my video!
@krishnade Thanks so much, Krishna! Hopefully our support team will get back to you shortly if they haven't already. We don't have any current plans for white labeling or web editing, but I'd say neither is out of the question for the future :)
@mayafish I do hope you enable the white label feature some time soon!
BTW support was in contact with me but still having issues - I tried today Wednesday to create a new video and edited the caption and it is saying that there is no internet connection which there clearly is as I was able to create another Anchor.
I am getting the same error on the first video from yesterday - and I have messaged support
@mayafish Still struggling to get an answer on how to download the video from the first day where I had issues due to service outage and the issue with the app - I am guessing your support are run off their feet? I have sent back a response as the suggestion given does not seem to appear for me - I hope that video transcription can be recovered having spent time correcting it!
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