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		danso on June 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facial Recognition Leads To False Arrest Of Black ... NPR does transcribe (many, most?) its audio stories, but usually there's a delay of a day or so – the published timestamp for this story is 5:06AM (ET) today. edit: looks like there's a text version of the article. I'm assuming this is a CMS issue: there's an audio story and a "print story", but the former hadn't been linked to the latter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23628790

dhosek on June 24, 2020 [–]

They transcribe all their stories. Back before the web was widespread, you could call or write NPR and have them mail a transcript to you.

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