A few days into the conversation, Grant Laird of the Texas Deaf Network posted a brief response to the thread. He said,”Don’t forget that podcasting probably doesn’t support transcripts for the deaf community.”

My first reaction was, “That’s a fair point…. I’m more than happy to post transcripts of my podcasts.” For me, at least, that makes a lot of sense. But will other podcasters feel the same way? Unfortunately, I think the answer is generally no, I think many would argue that the whole notion of posting podcast transcripts actually runs counter to the ethos of podcasting.

As you can see here, I’m suggesting that this is a view of of many podcasters, some of whom I go on to cite in my article. The point of this was to suggest that transcripts should not go against the ethos of podcasting, not the other way around. While transcripts aren’t always possible for near-real-time podcasts, it makes sense for producers of regularly scheduled podcasts to provide a transcript, or at least a detailed summary.