Remove Filler Word Function Oddities

@doubleclutched,

I looked at this in PR Beta 24.4.0.25. I'll try to compare in 24.2.1, but I don't want to delay replying to your thoughtful post any longer.

Re your #2, can you provide a screenshot? I see a yellowish highlighting around all filler words, that turns orangish for the one that is selected. If I delete, it is, of course gone. If I skip, I still see the yellowish for the one I skipped, and the orangish for the next one that is now selected.

Re your #3, the skip I see is always to the next filler word.

Generally, filler words (and other text-based issues such as pauses, etc) involve many challenges and can be more or less flexible.

My sample was the Kerstin interview from the early text-based editing files. It is 3:46, but I only looked at a small section. Here are two examples of errors.

1 - The actual words were "slow parts, fast parts, it has" which was transcribed as "slow parts, [filler] it has". The "fast parts" was quick and not well enunciated, but it was clear to me.

2 - One very clear "um" was treated as a pause.

Accuracy issues like these are difficult to work around. For example, I'd like to know what filler word it is. If it is "Oh," I want to examine each one of those to see if it is meaningful. But if the transcript shows us that it has detected the filler word "um" and it was actually something else, I can only determine this by listening to the audio and checking each filler word.

So in any event, I think accurate transcriptions still require review and editing. It is useful that you can advance by search to each filler word, press the space bar, and hear what was actually said.

@TeresaDemel FYI. Is there a way to turn off filler words?

Stan