Transcribe and Index a Tape
Give one tape the ten-second-findability treatment: transcript on file, then every moment worth finding indexed with its timecode and people tags — so 'the clip of Opa's 80th toast' becomes a query, not an afternoon of scrubbing. Locks the tape's metadata and the indexing rules FIRST (timecoded moments, people tags drawn from the family roster, searchable descriptions), then lands the transcript, then the clip records, then a tape summary with the highlights. Use for indexing a digitized tape, making home videos searchable, cataloging family footage, and 'what is on this tape'.
How it runs
| # | Step | Who runs it | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scope the tape | Developer | tape metadata, the family roster, indexing rules locked |
| 2 | Land the transcript | Developer | the tape's transcript on file, timestamped and speaker-marked |
| 3 | Index the moments | Developer | clip records appended: tape, timecode, people, description |
| 4 | Write the tape summary | Copywriter | what is on the tape, the highlights, who appears |
| 5 | Evaluate | Reviewer | Grade the deliverable against every acceptance criterion. All pass → finish; any fail → loop back and fix the gap. |
| 6 | Finish | Developer | All acceptance criteria met. Stamp a short summary and report DONE. |
Say something like "index the tape" or "transcribe the tape" or "what is on this tape" or "make the tape searchable" or "catalog the footage" in chat to start it.