era Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meets Oct. 16 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting virtually on Oct. 16. The 2015 bill that directed the DWC to create a prescription drug formulary also created… Full Article
era WCIRB Reports Increase in Average Charged Rates By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Average charged rates increased in the first six months of 2024, suggesting recent rate declines are flattening, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in its latest quarterly… Full Article
era Federal Court Again Rules Contractor Has Immunity From Worker's Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court has again ruled that a contractor was immune from civil liability for injuries suffered by an employee of a crane company it hired. Case: Hall v. SAC… Full Article
era Federal Court Says it Lacks Jurisdiction Over Petition Filed Day Too Late By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over a petition for review of a denial of survivor’s benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act filed one day… Full Article
era Federal Court Upholds Worker's Award of Black Lung Benefits Despite ALJ's Evidentiary Mistake By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a coal industry employee despite the administrative law judge’s evidentiary error. Case: Coastal Coal Co. LLC v. Harrison, No. Full Article
era Federal Court Creates Circuit Split on Liability for Black Lung Benefits By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court created a split among the circuits on whether the parent company of a self-insuring coal mine operator can be held liable for black lung benefits owed… Full Article
era Federal Court Rejects Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Award to Widow By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court rejected an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case: Harman Mining Corp. v. Bartley, No. 22-2283, 08/20/2024, unpublished. Facts: Jerry W. Bartley… Full Article
era NCCI Study Finds Average Impairment Rating of 6.5% By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The National Council on Compensation Insurance said its analysis of impairment ratings in 33 states plus the District of Columbia found that the average whole-body impairment rating for permanently disabled… Full Article
era Senate Committee Passes Bill to Increase Provider Options for Federal Workers By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a bill that would authorize physician assistants and nurse practitioners to treat injured federal workers. The committee on Wednesday voted 12-3… Full Article
era NCCI: Temperature, Precipitation Linked to Frequency By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Frequency increases modestly but consistently as temperatures climb, according to a study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCCI said that starting around 50 degrees, there is about a 1%… Full Article
era Collateral Estoppel Doesn't Bar Worker's Civil Suit for Alleged Exposure Injuries By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not bar a worker who failed to prove his occupational disease claim from seeking a civil… Full Article
era Court Says Injured Worker Can Get Additional Physical Therapy By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to additional physical therapy for her leg injury. Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Goff, No. Full Article
era Federal Appellate Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits for a longtime coal miner. Case: Consol PA Coal Co. v. OWCP, No. 23-1892, 09/17/2024, unpublished. Facts: Stephen Hela worked as an… Full Article
era Federal Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Mechanic's Disability Discrimination Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured mechanic’s claim for disability discrimination. Case: Goosen v. Minnesota Department of Transportation, No. 23-2360, 06/24/2024, published. Facts: Robert Wayne Goosen worked… Full Article
era Federal Court Sends Worker's Jones Act Claim Back to State Level By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s Jones Act claims should be sent back to a Texas state court. Shanon Roy Santee worked as a remote-operated vehicle technician in the… Full Article
era Most Carriers Score Average or Better in 2024 PBO By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 All but four of the 130 insurance carriers that the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation evaluated through its performance-based oversight assessment scored average or better. The division on Thursday reported that… Full Article
era Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 67: Private Attorneys General Act By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 03 May 2018 16:19:54 -0700 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
era WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a what it designated as a… Full Article
era The Power of Virtual Reality: Immersive Therapeutics for Chronic Back Pain Management By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:07:51 -0700 CBP is a prevalent, complex, and expensive condition that carries a significant health economic burden in the US. For Injured Workers who experience persistent pain, the ability to participate in… Full Article
era Widow Can't Seek Remedy From Husband's Co-Worker, Tavern Operator By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a widow could not pursue a civil suit against her late husband’s co-worker for throwing a punch that led to his death, nor… Full Article
era Bill Proposes Comp Coverage for Public School Teachers By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The first bill filed ahead of the 2025 legislative session would provide workers’ compensation benefits to Alabama’s public school teachers. Senate Bill 1, by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, would create the… Full Article
era Court Upholds Denial of Coverage for Worker's Opioid Medication By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of coverage for a worker’s opioid medication. Case: Howell v. Floyd County Board of Education, No. 2024-CA-0122-WC, 10/18/2024, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Judy… Full Article
era Judge Whiffs in Calculating Pro Baseball Player's Average Weekly Wage By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims erroneously calculated a minor league baseball player’s average weekly wage. Austin Sodders entered into a seven-year minor league contract with… Full Article
era Federal Court Upholds Conviction for Pharmacy Kickback Scheme, Overturns Restitution Order By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld a defendant’s conviction for a long-running and lucrative kickback scheme but overturned the restitution order that had been imposed. Case: U.S. v. Young, Nos. 20-13091 and… Full Article
era House Passes Amended MDMA Therapy Bill for First Responders By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Arizona lawmakers on Wednesday passed an amended bill requiring instead of allowing the use of the drug commonly known as ecstasy to treat first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder. The state House… Full Article
era Performer Injured During Jousting Match Not Subject to Comp Coverage By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker injured while participating in a jousting demonstration was exempt from coverage under the state Workers’ Compensation Act as a “performer.” Case: McKeane v. Full Article
era Federal Court Finds Worker Doesn't Qualify as Jones Act Seaman By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker did not qualify as a Jones Act seaman. Case: Edwards v. InterMoor Inc., No. 23-30727, 08/29/2024, unpublished. Facts: Lawrence… Full Article
era Federal Court Upholds Jury's Finding That UPS Didn't Discriminate Against Injured Worker By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld a jury verdict finding an employer had not discriminated against an injured employee. Case: Donahue v. United Parcel Service, Nos. 22-3132 and 22-3142, 08/12/2024, published. Facts: William… Full Article
era Worker Fails to Prove Employer's Payroll Met Threshold for Coverage By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker failed to prove that his employer’s payroll met the statutory threshold for coverage under the state Workers Compensation Act. Case: Romero v. Full Article
era Early diagnosis & treatment of peripheral artery disease essential to improve outcomes, reduce amputation risk By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 14 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT Guideline Highlights: The new joint guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the treatment of patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) and ... Full Article
era Nuevo sitio web en español para la prevención de ataques o derrames cerebrales busca eliminar barreras a la equidad en la salud By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT DALLAS, 9 de septiembre de 2024 — Si bien el derrame cerebral es la quinta causa principal de muerte en los Estados Unidos, afecta desproporcionadamente a los hispanos. Es la tercera principal causa de muerte entre las mujeres hispanas y la cuarta ... Full Article
era Using the Camera GPS to find the Sunken Church In San Miguel By niels-henriksen.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:26:00 +0000 I've now been in San Miguel de Allende for almost 6 weeks, about half way through our winter stay here. I have been enjoying all flavours and experiences that this city has to offer. I've even experienced some of the standard tourist events such as fighting with the Aztec gods (Montezuma of course). This laid me low for a few days but unfortunately after a few days when I thought I was getting better I developed a secondary infection that required visiting the doctor and getting medication. Now after 2 weeks I'm finally starting to get the spring back in my step and venturing back out. This does curtail your photography. But back to the GPS item. Several weeks ago my friend Mike took me out to see the sunken church on the large shallow lake south-east of San Miguel. The lake is really a reservoir and during the dry season, winter here, the church becomes fully visible. The ground is still too mucky to be able to walk all the way out, but you can get close enough for some good shots. If you look closely you can see some cacti growing out of the top portion of the church spire and therefore the church is not completely sunken. What was really surprising when we first arrived was that we saw pelicans, which to many may not be unusual near water but this is at an elevation of 6,000ft and and 550 km from the nearest ocean. I've been using on-camera GPS for almost 3 years, at least capturing the meta data with the image but I've never had to really use the info as until now I've always known exactly where I was. Not this time as this was new territory, so when I tried to use the Nikon format to enter into Google maps it took a while to find a site that would convert correctly. Nikon gives a format such as:Longitude: 20,52.1567NLatitude: 100,50.1574WAltitude: 1853m Nikon is not DDD, MMM, SSS (Degrees, Minutes , Seconds but in format of DDD, MMM.MMMM) Whereas Google maps required decimal degrees only in format DDD.DDDDD. After some web searching I did find one site that would provide conversion in the Nikon format. Nikon GPS Converter In the Google map below the green arrow shows where I took the photo of the church above and the red arrow the top of church spire above the water. This Google map (satellite view) was taken when the area was flooded. It is a bit strange to see that where you were standing is now underwater. A little north east of red arrow is a round ring. This is visible in the last photo of this article. Towards the hill on the south-east in the map above is another church, not sunken but still abandoned. Most of the foliage,except for the cacti at this time of year, is brown. This make a colour image rather drab. But converting to B&W and adding some contrast can make the photo stand out more. In the image below the green cacti with a blue sky does make a colour version work better. Below is the map and the green arrow shows where I was standing taking the photo above with the cacti. As you can see the camera GPS is very accurate in capturing within feet where you where standing at the time when photograph is taken.Another version of the sunken church where you can see the round ring that shows up beside the spire in the Google water map. Church with ring structure Niels Henriksen Full Article Equipment Landscape San Miguel de Allende
era Ottawa Lumiere Festival of Lights – Full Camera Skills Needed By niels-henriksen.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:44:00 +0000 The Ottawa annual Lumiere Festival of Lights is not just a wonderful events for kids and spectators it's also a great chance to get some interesting and new photos for your collection. ISO 400; f6.3; 13 sec; -0.67ev; 123mm; tripod mounted; Nikon D300 This is my 3rd time attending this event and each and every time I go there is something new to see. The festival is all about light and for this event it means candle power. There are activities for kids in the leading-up week where they make wonderful colorful paper mache objects that have holders inside to take those small candles in metal cans. These candles go inside the object and are lit at dusk. This creates a wonderful glow emanating for the colorful paper mache objects. ISO 2,500 f5.6; 1 sec; 48mm Hundreds of these lit lanterns in the shape of many different forms from faces to animals line the many paths around New Edinburgh park in Ottawa. For the photographer it's visually stunning but also provides many photographic challenges in order to capture the event as the night unfolds. When you first arrive around 7:30pm, you are at the golden hour of light and normal settings gets most of these shots. You may need a bit of fill light from your flash and here an attached strobe flash is necessary to get just enough light to fill area and the ability to reduce the exposure (-ev) so as to not over power the ambient light. See image of man on stilts below. ISO 200; f5.6; 1/60 sec; 40mm; Flash -1ev With hundreds of kids moving around and depending on their activity in front of you, a long exposure shot may create interesting photo image. The children in the image below are playing a large chess game. I wanted to show motion blur to create effect of action within the photo. ISO 80; f25; 3 sec; 32mm As dusk starts to envelope a more stronger flash is necessary to freeze motion and completely fill subject as with the Tango dancer. ISO 200; f5.6; 1/60 sec; 100mm; Flash There are other areas like the lit swans in the river where flash won't work and a long exposure is needed to amplify available light to avoid the noise of higher ISOs. But when there is some wind movement then you will need the higher ISOs as in the photo below. In these photos it's all about the soft glow of candle power. ISO 2,500; f5.6; 0.3 sec; -0.3ev; 190mm; tripod mounted ISO 2,500; f5.6; 2 sec; -1ev; 28mm; tripod mounted But a near full darkness only longer exposure times and a tripod will get you those interesting photos like the girls with their glowing and twirling hula hoops. The main event at this festival is a giant maze on a baseball diamond (to reduce chance of grass fire) covered with lunch paper bags filled with a little sand for stability and then a small candle. There are hundreds of children walking around this maze but with long exposures they do not show up in the photo because of their darkness. It's only when they are carrying candles or light that they show up as a moving white line. ISO 1,000; f5.6; -1ev; 3sec; 1230mm; tripod mounted At this event I did use my new Nikon D800e and I found it worked well. I did forget to bring my small flashlight to light the buttons on the camera. Thankfully there remained mostly the same from the D300 and I could with some ease figure where to press to make changes to seetings. In summary for an event like this you need to be able to switch between: Aperture, Shutter priority and Manual mode – Flash will freeze when necessary. Low and high ISOs. Normal shutter speeds and long exposures of 2-3 seconds. Flash power adjustments for fill light strengths. Hand-held and tripod shooting. I do hope you all get a chance to try events like these or a an amusement park or fair ground. Niels Henriksen Full Article festivals Night Photography
era Former U.S. surgeons general urge Biden administration to act on menthol cigarettes By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:42:52 GMT Full Article
era In victory for public health, federal appeals court upholds FDA’s graphic cigarette warnings By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:33:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major victory for public health, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has unanimously upheld graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertising required under a 2020 FDA rule. This... Full Article
era Federal spending bill is a net positive for public health By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8, 2024 — The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health that is celebrating its centennial birthday this year, issued the following statement in response to Congress’... Full Article
era Inscríbase ahora: Las alumnas de secundarias locales explorarán la educación y las carreras STEM en una experiencia interactiva By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:14:00 GMT PORTAGE COUNTY, 4 de noviembre de 2024 — Los directores ejecutivos, educadores y padres de todo el mundo saben que formar la próxima generación de mujeres científicas, médicas e inventoras es un paso fundamental para establecer su futuro, así como el... Full Article
era The Impact of Generative AI on Content Creation By www.noupe.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:56:42 +0000 Thanks to generative AI, content creation has become one of the most important trends in today’s world, with a completely new approach. It is revolutionizing the creative field in many different ways, from advertising to marketing to automated newspapers and magazines. Users of this technology must note its opportunities and problems. This blog discusses generative... The post The Impact of Generative AI on Content Creation appeared first on noupe. Full Article WordPress artifical intelligence content curation generative ai
era Psychotherapy is as effective in treating PTSD following exposure to multiple traumatic events than to a single event By www.brainline.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:27:30 EST Psychotherapy is as effective treatment for PTSD patients after multiple traumatic events. Full Article
era Study Identifies Potential Therapeutic Target for PTSD By news.feinberg.northwestern.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:49:00 EDT A multi-institutional team of investigators has discovered that targeting a specific neural circuit through noninvasive neuromodulation may help reduce symptoms in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience. Jordan Grafman, PhD, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of Brain Injury Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, was a co-author of the study. Full Article
era US Air Force veteran finds hope in suicide prevention therapy focusing on stress responses By www.ksat.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:17:35 EDT For many people, it’s a ray of hope rooted in research. Recent research is presenting a new way of thinking about suicide prevention, and both experts and patients believe it’s already saving lives. Full Article
era How Can We Better Support the Mental Well-Being of Veterans Returning from Service? By www.bu.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:12:39 EST Military service is difficult, dangerous, and demanding. But for some veterans, returning to civilian life can also be a challenge. Going from the structure of active duty—with its purpose-driven roles, full-throttle environment, and sense of camaraderie—to the relatively humdrum life of a civilian can be jarring, particularly for veterans who’ve experienced trauma during their service and may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers at Boston University, including Dawne Vogt and Casey Taft—both professors of psychiatry in the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine—are utilizing a variety of data-backed strategies to support veterans struggling to adapt to their new normal lives. Full Article
era Make Art or Die? For Some Veterans Creating Art Can Heal from Trauma By www.pbs.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:20:23 EST Most people may be familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other common types of psychotherapy, but art therapy remains somewhat of a mystery to the general public. Not incorporating it into a treatment plan could be a huge missed opportunity for veterans who’ve experienced trauma and other patients in need of mental health support. “Art is a means of therapy and a way to heal,” says Marine Corps veteran Jerry Rael. “It helps me escape some of the things that I went through during my time in service.” Art can also be therapeutic for families who have lost a loved one in battle, as seen in Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen. In the film, Marine Anthony Marquez carves battlefield crosses out of wood for each lost service member and then hand-delivers them to Gold Star families, including a grieving mother who had attempted suicide. Full Article
era Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Promise in Treating PTSD By www.psychiatrist.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:00:20 EST New research data offers much-needed hope for veterans wrestling with combat-associated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study explores the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to address symptoms that persist despite standard treatments. Full Article
era This is why you don’t need more than a 20MP camera By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:27:59 +0000 How many megapixels is your camera? What about your phone? What about the camera you used ten years ago? If you’re anything like me, you... The post This is why you don’t need more than a 20MP camera appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Tutorials Canon Nikon
era 7Artisans 10mm f2.8 II brings low-budget fisheye to your full frame cameras By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:35:44 +0000 Fisheye lenses were once a very popular type of lens. Used for everything from epic ’90s skateboarding videos to photographing sports stadiums. These days, though,... The post 7Artisans 10mm f2.8 II brings low-budget fisheye to your full frame cameras appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Gear 7Artisans Gear Announcement lens
era Fuji is making its first cinema camera, and it’s got a medium format GFX sensor By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:45:59 +0000 In a surprise announcement, Fujifilm is entering the cinema camera market. But instead of leveraging their APS-C X-Trans sensor tech to make Super35 cameras, they’re... The post Fuji is making its first cinema camera, and it’s got a medium format GFX sensor appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Gear Camera Fujifilm Gear Announcement
era Why use a camera instead of your phone… Or the other way around By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:15:44 +0000 Why use a camera anymore when you can just use your phone? Or why use your phone when you have that expensive camera. Emily from... The post Why use a camera instead of your phone… Or the other way around appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Gear dslr Mirrorless camera phone photography
era Everything you want to know about the FujiFilm GFX ETERNA Cinema Camera By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:00:45 +0000 A bit of a surprise announcement from Fujifilm! The GFX ETERNA – a cinema camera with a medium format sensor, putting it to to toe... The post Everything you want to know about the FujiFilm GFX ETERNA Cinema Camera appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Gear Fujifilm
era Automatically generate Shownotes, Summaries and Chapters from Recordings By auphonic.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:03:18 +0000 We're thrilled to introduce our Automatic Shownotes and Chapters feature. This AI-powered tool effortlessly generates concise summaries, intuitive chapter timestamps and relevant keywords for your podcasts, audio and video files. See our Examples and the How To section below for details. Why do I need Shownotes and Chapters? In addition to links and other information, shownotes contain short summaries of the main topics of your episode, and inserted chapter marks allow you to timestamp sections with different topics of a podcast or video. This makes your content more accessible and user-friendly, enabeling listeners to quickly navigate to specific sections of the episode or find a previous episode to brush up on a particular topic. Shownotes are also very likely to boost your show's Search Engine Optimization and eventually its popularity, leading to an increase in listeners. However, especially structuring the content and finding useful positions for chapter marks is a very time-consuming process, that can be fully automated with our new feature. Besides the obvious use of creating shownotes and chapters for podcasts, you can also use our new feature to easily generate an abstract of your lecture recording, take the summary of your show as the starting point for a social media post, or choose your favourite chapter title as the podcast name. What happens behind the Scenes? When the Automatic Shownotes and Chapters feature is selected, the first step is speech transcription by either our internal Auphonic Whisper ASR or any integrated External ASR Service of your choice. Some open source tools and ChatGPT will then summarize the ASR resulting text in different levels of detail, analyze the content to identify sections with the different topics discussed, and finally complete each section with timestamps for easy navigation. Beginning with the generation of a Long Summary, the number of characters is further reduced for a Brief Summary and from the brief summary a Subtitle and some Keywords for the main topics are extracted. Depending on the duration of the input audio or video file, the level of detail of the thematic sections is also slightly adjusted, resulting in a reasonable number of chapters for very short 5-minute audio files as well as for long 180-minute audio files. How to automatically generate Shownotes and Chapters in Auphonic If you are a paying or beta user, you can automatically generate shownotes and chapters by checking the Automatic Shownotes and Chapters Checkbox in the Auphonic singletrack or multitrack Production Form with any of our ASR Services enabled. Once your production is done, the generated data will show up in your transcript result files and in the well-known Auphonic Transcript Editor above the speech recognition transcript section. By clicking on a chapter title in the Chapters section of the transcript editor, you can jump directly to that chapter in your transcript to review and edit that section. Unless you have manually entered content before, the generated data will also be automatically stored in your audio files' metadata as follows: Generated Long Summary stored in metadata field Summary. Generated Subtitle stored in metadata field Subtitle. Generated Keywords stored in metadata field Tags. Generated Timestamps for thematic sections stored as Start Time of Chapters Marks. Generated Headlines for thematic sections stored as Chapter Title of Chapters Marks. The metadata is automatically displayed with your audio file wherever you import your audio for further editing. Please note that not all of our supported Output File Formats are designed to use metadata. For details see our previous blog posts: ID3 Tags Metadata (used in MP3 output files), Vorbis Comment Metadata (used in FLAC, Opus and Ogg Vorbis output files) and MPEG-4 iTunes-style Metadata (used in AAC, M4A/M4B/MP4 and ALAC output files). Example As a real-life example, we automatically generated shownotes and chapters for the Lex Fridman Podcast #367: "Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI". Check out our transcript and generated shownotes: LexFridmanPodcast367-transcript.html Conclusion The automatic generation of shownotes and chapters is a huge time-saver for podcasters and video creators, as it speeds up the tedious process of manually structuring and summarizing your content. For now it is available for all paying or beta users. If you would like to become a beta user, or have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us! Full Article Development News
