Krissy ([info]ljkrissy) wrote in [info]news,
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Auto-Transcribed Voice Posts & Free MOO Cards

Earlier this week someone created the 13 millionth LiveJournal account since the service started in 1999. [info]anildash likes to point out that LJ has surpassed the population of Illinois, the fifth largest state in the U.S. To continue on with more good news, we have a few announcements to make:


Automatic Voice Post Transcription

As you know, voice posts can be transcribed so that they can be read as well as heard. In your settings, you can allow transcriptions by all of your friends, a friends group, or you only.

Starting this week, public voice posts which are shorter than three minutes will automatically be transcribed thanks to technology provided by a company called SpinVox. Voice posting is available to everyone with a Paid, Permanent, or Plus account. You can switch to Plus or upgrade to Paid at any time.

Here's how to try out the new automatic transcription:
  • Make sure your voice post settings are up-to-date and then dial in to a designated voice post number in your area. We recently added toll-free number in the U.S.: (888) 840-6189 or (888) LJ-VPOST (558-7678). (View all of the voice post numbers).

  • Record a voice post to your journal. It must be public and less than three minutes in length for automatic transcription to work. To make sure your post is public, after you're done recording be sure to press # then 3. Note that the feature is currently only transcribing posts in English.

  • Your voice post will be automatically transcribed by SpinVox. Be patient, it can take up to 10 minutes for the transcription to show up. Your friends can still transcribe the post as well -- the most recent transcription will appear at the top of your post. You can enable or disable automatic transcription in your settings at any time.

  • As you can see from [info]frank's latest voice post, it auto-transcribes everything it understands, which doesn't include odd words like "Baa" or unintelligible yelling.
Try it out, and link to your post in the comments.


Free MOO Cards!

Have you ever wanted some personal cards with your LJ username on them? Thanks to MOO, a new kind of printing business based in London, there's now an easy way for LJ users to make MiniCards with your own text and ScrapBook photos. ([info]frank thinks they should be called BAA cards. He just doesn't get it.)

Think of the MiniCards as cards you hand out to keep in touch with friends or new people you meet. Photo MiniCards let you display your ScrapBook images, or choose Text MiniCards to display your own text, URL, current mood or catch phrase.


To kick things off, MOO is giving away 10,000 free 10-packs of MiniCards to LiveJournal members! We announced the giveaway earlier this week in the [info]paidmembers community (membership has its privileges!) but anyone with an LJ account can get a free sample pack.

Here's how to get your sample pack of MOO cards:
  • Add [info]moocards as your friend. You must be a friend of [info]moocards to get your free sample pack (but you're welcome to un-friend their journal after you've completed your order).

  • Follow the link from the LJ Gift Shop to the LiveJournal page in the MOO shop: http://www.moo.com/livejournal

  • Choose either Photo MiniCards (using your ScrapBook photos) or Text MiniCards, and click on the "Get a free 10 pack" link.

  • You'll be able to create each individual card. Select photos or text on the front side, then personalize the back with a userpic and whatever contact information you'd like: your journal URL, community URL, email address, phone number, LJ user number, anything you want!

  • After your finish your order, MOO will ship your MiniCards right to your address, anywhere in the world.

The free sample 10-pack will get you started, but you can also buy a 100 pack of cards and a portion of the proceeds will go to support LiveJournal (you don't have to be a friend of [info]moocards if you're buying a 100-pack). The 100 pack of MiniCards costs $19.99 / €14.99 / £9.99 and comes in a sturdy, reusable and recyclable plastic box.

This announcement is going to drive a very high volume of traffic to the MOO site all at once, so please be patient. The offer for the free 10 packs is open to all LJ account levels, so feel free to tell your friends!

LJ Love & Sadness

Soon we'll be bidding a tearful farewell to [info]veroz who is leaving us. We will miss his lethal design skills, the good care he took of [info]frank, and his expertise on ninja zombies, zombie pirates, and pirate ninjas. Best of luck, Andy!

We're also sending out a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to a couple of LJ staffers: [info]arie just recently got married ([info]rahaeli officiated!) and [info]markf's wedding is coming up this weekend. ([info]markf met his soon-to-be-wife through the LiveJournal volunteer system. We're just sayin'.) Behold Denise, Arie and Mark in their finery.

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[info]anildash

May 24 2007, 15:22:58 UTC 5 years ago

<3 ABE!

I mean Krissy!

[info]anildash

May 24 2007, 15:23:26 UTC 5 years ago

And Moo cards are the cutest thing ever.

[info]matgb

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[info]ex_ex_mcm69

May 24 2007, 15:23:50 UTC 5 years ago

i was here

[info]fierceandsassy

May 24 2007, 15:24:50 UTC 5 years ago

say, as you update things, any chance of being able to edit comments?

[info]matgb

May 24 2007, 15:43:48 UTC 5 years ago

Current status is deferred (again)
http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/664149.html

Because, y'know, I'd like that to.

[info]sin_agua

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[info]miss_ania

May 24 2007, 15:25:42 UTC 5 years ago

Is it bad that when I read "automatic voice post transcription" I though of this?

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

[info]miss_ania

May 24 2007, 15:25:55 UTC 5 years ago

*thought

[info]dementia

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[info]ex_calicoey

May 24 2007, 15:26:00 UTC 5 years ago

Woo hoo!

[info]arckamp

May 24 2007, 15:26:00 UTC 5 years ago

Ы!!! Я шестой!!! Ы!!!

[info]ex_ex_mcm69

May 24 2007, 15:30:07 UTC 5 years ago

я второй %)

[info]littlestarletta

May 24 2007, 15:28:57 UTC 5 years ago

I hope the automatic transcription doesn't have lots of problems.

[info]ex_ex_mcm69

May 24 2007, 15:29:25 UTC 5 years ago

wellm looks that it would take some tome to select 10 photos out of my >400 with that interface

[info]coffeechica

May 24 2007, 15:44:51 UTC 5 years ago

What worked for me is temporarily making most of my galleries private except for the photos I wanted to use. This made it much faster to call up the pictures I wanted, because moocards can't access your private photos.

[info]ex_ex_mcm69

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[info]littlestarletta

May 24 2007, 15:30:42 UTC 5 years ago

really sorry cuz I love LJ, but anyone else think Moo card are stupid?

[info]anildash

May 24 2007, 15:33:06 UTC 5 years ago

Different strokes for different folks, I think. They're certainly a lot more friendly than regular business cards, and don't feel weird to give to someone who just wants to know what your LJ's address is.

[info]sin_agua

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[info]siilukka

May 24 2007, 15:31:27 UTC 5 years ago

Will the automatic transcription work for other languages than English?

[info]ljkrissy

May 24 2007, 15:32:49 UTC 5 years ago

Note that the feature is currently only transcribing posts in English.

In the future, they will support additional languages.

[info]twissie

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[info]_monia_

May 24 2007, 15:32:49 UTC 5 years ago

Nice.
P.S. I hate weddings.

[info]juliy

May 24 2007, 15:33:35 UTC 5 years ago

IN FIRST HUNDRED!

[info]kidd79

May 24 2007, 21:41:45 UTC 5 years ago

Да в полусотне, чего уж там.

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[info]achariya

May 24 2007, 15:33:51 UTC 5 years ago

The Moo cards are excellent.

Also, when are permanent accounts going up for sale?

[info]ljkrissy

May 24 2007, 15:45:19 UTC 5 years ago

Very soon. You can sign up and we'll email you as soon as they go on sale.

[info]dream

May 24 2007, 15:34:04 UTC 5 years ago

i think LJ is more like Rhode Island in active users.

[info]horizon_radar

May 30 2007, 08:54:40 UTC 4 years ago

If you're talking about active users in the past 30 days, then yes, it is close to Rhode Island at around 1 million accounts.

If you're talking about within the past week, then it's more like Wyoming, around 500,000.

And if you're talking about in the past 24 hours, it'd be the population of Reno, at 200,000.

[info]lizzie9208

May 24 2007, 15:34:07 UTC 5 years ago

I met my husband through Livejournal, too. Congrats, [info]markf! Yea for [info]arie! Beautiful picture. :-)

[info]arie

May 24 2007, 17:38:47 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

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[info]kingsnvagabonds

May 24 2007, 15:34:31 UTC 5 years ago

Way Cool!! If I ever voice posted that would be cool for the transcripts!
And Free stuff is always a bonus!!!
And congrats to the married and soon-to-be married guys. xxx

[info]arie

May 24 2007, 17:39:23 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

[info]lacey

May 24 2007, 15:34:36 UTC 5 years ago

ALL HAIL RAH! And 13 million members. Wow.

[info]rc

May 24 2007, 15:35:13 UTC 5 years ago

Congrats to the newlyweds/future newlyweds.

And I really never get tired of seeing your icon. He/she/it is just too cute.

[info]ljkrissy

May 24 2007, 15:36:48 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks. :)

[info]arie

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[info]burr86

May 24 2007, 15:35:16 UTC 5 years ago

KRISSY RULES





We'll miss you, Andy. :( :( :( :(

[info]ljkrissy

May 24 2007, 15:36:13 UTC 5 years ago

Abe is a dreamboat!

[info]blue_j

May 24 2007, 15:35:32 UTC 5 years ago

Waiting on auto transcription

I made a few voice posts to try the auto-transcription out when this was first announced on [info]paidmembers, but nothing seems to have happened yet. Any idea why?

Post #1.
Post #2.
Post #3.

[info]blue_j

May 24 2007, 15:41:25 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Waiting on auto transcription

Oh hey, I see now that auto-transcription won't run on posts longer than three minutes. That could explain why Post #2 didn't get touched, but 1 or 3.

hrmmm..

[info]blue_j

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[info]simobsessed

May 24 2007, 15:35:49 UTC 5 years ago

First page!!! And 13 MILLION MEMBERS?? Wow.

[info]coffeechica

May 24 2007, 15:37:21 UTC 5 years ago

That's right, volunteer for LJ and you can marry one of us! :-D

[info]anildash

May 24 2007, 15:41:32 UTC 5 years ago

"Hello, I help out with LJ sometimes, and I'm here to pick up my spouse? Is this the right place?"

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[info]threefourtime

May 24 2007, 15:37:55 UTC 5 years ago

I friended [info]moocards, but the moo.com site tells me: "Sorry, you need to be our LiveJournal friend to claim your free 10 pack." Is there anything else I need to do?

[info]ljkrissy

May 24 2007, 15:41:26 UTC 5 years ago

That should work. Maybe make sure you're logged in and try again?

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[info]fb_fhoenix

May 24 2007, 15:38:18 UTC 5 years ago

в сотне

[info]mghost

May 24 2007, 18:38:03 UTC 5 years ago

старый пляж %(

*это я не те, это ребус для 0мерекосов %D
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