claude-code-skills-reference/transcript-fixer/references/workflow_guide.md

Workflow Guide

Detailed step-by-step workflows for transcript correction and management.

Table of Contents

• Pre-Flight Checklist
  • Initial Setup
  • File Preparation
  • Execution Parameters
  • Environment
• Core Workflows
  • 1. First-Time Correction
  • 2. Iterative Improvement
  • 3. Domain-Specific Corrections
  • 4. Team Collaboration
  • 5. Stage-by-Stage Execution
  • 6. Context-Aware Rules
  • 7. Diff Report Generation
  • 8. Workshop Transcript Split + Timestamp Rebase
• Batch Processing
  • Process Multiple Files
  • Parallel Processing
• Maintenance Workflows
  • Weekly: Review Learning
  • Monthly: Export and Backup
  • Quarterly: Clean Up
• Next Steps

Pre-Flight Checklist

Before running corrections, verify these prerequisites:

Initial Setup

• Initialized with uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --init
• Database exists at ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db
• GLM_API_KEY environment variable set (run echo $GLM_API_KEY)
• Configuration validated (run --validate)

File Preparation

• Input file exists and is readable
• File uses supported format (.md, .txt)
• File encoding is UTF-8
• File size is reasonable (<10MB for first runs)

Execution Parameters

• Using --stage 3 for full pipeline (or specific stage if testing)
• Domain specified with --domain if using specialized dictionaries
• Using --merge flag when importing team corrections

Environment

• Sufficient disk space for output files (~2x input size)
• API quota available for Stage 2 corrections
• Network connectivity for API calls

Quick validation:

uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --validate && echo $GLM_API_KEY

Core Workflows

1. First-Time Correction

Goal: Correct a transcript for the first time.

Steps:

1. Initialize (if not done):

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --init
   export GLM_API_KEY="your-key"
   

2. Add initial corrections (5-10 common errors):

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "常见错误1" "正确词1" --domain general
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "常见错误2" "正确词2" --domain general
   

3. Test on small sample (Stage 1 only):

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input sample.md --stage 1
   less sample_stage1.md  # Review output
   

4. Run full pipeline:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input transcript.md --stage 3 --domain general
   

5. Review outputs:

   # Stage 1: Dictionary corrections
   less transcript_stage1.md
   
   # Stage 2: Final corrected version
   less transcript_stage2.md
   
   # Generate diff report
   uv run scripts/diff_generator.py transcript.md transcript_stage1.md transcript_stage2.md
   

Expected duration:

• Stage 1: Instant (dictionary lookup)
• Stage 2: ~1-2 minutes per 1000 lines (API calls)

2. Iterative Improvement

Goal: Improve correction quality over time through learning.

Steps:

1. Run corrections on 3-5 similar transcripts:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input day1.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input day2.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input day3.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
   

2. Review learned suggestions:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --review-learned
   

   Output example:

   📚 Learned Suggestions (Pending Review)
   ========================================
   
   1. "巨升方向" → "具身方向"
      Frequency: 5  Confidence: 0.95
      Examples: day1.md (line 45), day2.md (line 23), ...
   
   2. "奇迹创坛" → "奇绩创坛"
      Frequency: 3  Confidence: 0.87
      Examples: day1.md (line 102), day3.md (line 67)
   

3. Approve high-quality suggestions:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --approve "巨升方向" "具身方向"
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --approve "奇迹创坛" "奇绩创坛"
   

4. Verify approved corrections:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --list --domain embodied_ai | grep "learned"
   

5. Run next batch (benefits from approved corrections):

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input day4.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
   

Impact: Approved corrections move to Stage 1 (instant, free).

Cycle: Repeat every 3-5 transcripts for continuous improvement.

3. Domain-Specific Corrections

Goal: Build specialized dictionaries for different fields.

Steps:

1. Identify domain:

   • embodied_ai - Robotics, AI terminology
   • finance - Financial terminology
   • medical - Medical terminology
   • general - General-purpose

2. Add domain-specific terms:

   # Embodied AI domain
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "巨升智能" "具身智能" --domain embodied_ai
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "机器学习" "机器学习" --domain embodied_ai
   
   # Finance domain
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "股价" "股价" --domain finance  # Keep as-is
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --add "PE比率" "市盈率" --domain finance
   

3. Use appropriate domain when correcting:

   # AI meeting transcript
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input ai_meeting.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
   
   # Financial report transcript
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input earnings_call.md --stage 3 --domain finance
   

4. Review domain statistics:

   sqlite3 ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db "SELECT * FROM correction_statistics;"
   

Benefits:

• Prevents cross-domain conflicts
• Higher accuracy per domain
• Targeted vocabulary building

4. Team Collaboration

Goal: Share corrections across team members.

Steps:

Setup (One-time per team)

1. Create shared repository:

   mkdir transcript-corrections
   cd transcript-corrections
   git init
   
   # .gitignore
   echo "*.db\n*.db-journal\n*.bak" > .gitignore
   

2. Export initial corrections:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --export general.json --domain general
   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --export embodied_ai.json --domain embodied_ai
   
   git add *.json
   git commit -m "Initial correction dictionaries"
   git push origin main
   

Daily Workflow

Team Member A (adds new corrections):

# 1. Run corrections
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input transcript.md --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai

# 2. Review and approve learned suggestions
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --review-learned
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --approve "新错误" "正确词"

# 3. Export updated corrections
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --export embodied_ai_$(date +%Y%m%d).json --domain embodied_ai

# 4. Commit and push
git add embodied_ai_*.json
git commit -m "Add embodied AI corrections from today's transcripts"
git push origin main

Team Member B (imports team corrections):

# 1. Pull latest corrections
git pull origin main

# 2. Import with merge
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --import embodied_ai_20250128.json --merge

# 3. Verify
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --list --domain embodied_ai | tail -10

Conflict resolution: See team_collaboration.md for handling merge conflicts.

5. Stage-by-Stage Execution

Goal: Test dictionary changes without wasting API quota.

Stage 1 Only (Dictionary)

Use when: Testing new corrections, verifying domain setup.

uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input file.md --stage 1 --domain general

Output: file_stage1.md with dictionary corrections only.

Review: Check if dictionary corrections are sufficient.

Stage 2 Only (AI)

Use when: Running AI corrections on pre-processed file.

Prerequisites: Stage 1 output exists.

# Stage 1 first
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input file.md --stage 1

# Then Stage 2
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input file_stage1.md --stage 2

Output: file_stage1_stage2.md (confusing naming - use Stage 3 instead).

Stage 3 (Full Pipeline)

Use when: Production runs, full correction workflow.

uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input file.md --stage 3 --domain general

Output: Both file_stage1.md and file_stage2.md.

Recommended: Use Stage 3 for most workflows.

6. Context-Aware Rules

Goal: Handle edge cases with regex patterns.

Use cases:

• Positional corrections (e.g., "的" vs "地")
• Multi-word patterns
• Conditional corrections

Steps:

1. Identify pattern that simple dictionary can't handle:

   Problem: "近距离的去看" (wrong - should be "地")
   Problem: "近距离搏杀" (correct - should keep "的")
   

2. Add context rules:

   sqlite3 ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db
   
   -- Higher priority for specific context
   INSERT INTO context_rules (pattern, replacement, description, priority)
   VALUES ('近距离的去看', '近距离地去看', '的→地 before verb', 10);
   
   -- Lower priority for general pattern
   INSERT INTO context_rules (pattern, replacement, description, priority)
   VALUES ('近距离搏杀', '近距离搏杀', 'Keep 的 for noun modifier', 5);
   
   .quit
   

3. Test context rules:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input test.md --stage 1
   

4. Validate:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --validate
   

Priority: Higher numbers run first (use for exceptions/edge cases).

See file_formats.md for context_rules schema.

7. Diff Report Generation

Goal: Visualize all changes for review.

Use when:

• Reviewing corrections before publishing
• Training new team members
• Documenting ASR error patterns

Steps:

1. Run corrections:

   uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input transcript.md --stage 3
   

2. Generate diff reports:

   uv run scripts/diff_generator.py \
     transcript.md \
     transcript_stage1.md \
     transcript_stage2.md
   

3. Review outputs:

   # Markdown report (statistics + summary)
   less diff_report.md
   
   # Unified diff (git-style)
   less transcript_unified.diff
   
   # HTML side-by-side (visual review)
   open transcript_sidebyside.html
   
   # Inline markers (for editing)
   less transcript_inline.md
   

Report contents:

• Total changes count
• Stage 1 vs Stage 2 breakdown
• Character/word count changes
• Side-by-side comparison

See script_parameters.md for advanced diff options.

8. Workshop Transcript Split + Timestamp Rebase

Goal: Split a long workshop transcript into sections such as setup chat, class, and debrief, then make each section start from 00:00:00.

Steps:

1. Correct transcript text first (dictionary + AI/manual review)
2. Pick marker phrases for each section boundary
3. Split and rebase:

uv run scripts/split_transcript_sections.py workshop.txt \
  --first-section-name "课前聊天" \
  --section "正式上课::好，无缝切换嘛。对。那个曹总连上了吗？那个网页。" \
  --section "课后复盘::我们复盘一下。" \
  --rebase-to-zero

4. If you already split the files, rebase a single file directly:

uv run scripts/fix_transcript_timestamps.py class.txt --in-place --rebase-to-zero

Batch Processing

Process Multiple Files

# Simple loop
for file in meeting_*.md; do
  uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input "$file" --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai
done

# With error handling
for file in meeting_*.md; do
  echo "Processing $file..."
  if uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input "$file" --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai; then
    echo "✅ $file completed"
  else
    echo "❌ $file failed"
  fi
done

Parallel Processing

# GNU parallel (install: brew install parallel)
ls meeting_*.md | parallel -j 4 \
  "uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --input {} --stage 3 --domain embodied_ai"

Caution: Monitor API rate limits when processing in parallel.

Maintenance Workflows

Weekly: Review Learning

# Review suggestions
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --review-learned

# Approve high-confidence patterns
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --approve "错误1" "正确1"
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --approve "错误2" "正确2"

Monthly: Export and Backup

# Export all domains
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --export general_$(date +%Y%m%d).json --domain general
uv run scripts/fix_transcription.py --export embodied_ai_$(date +%Y%m%d).json --domain embodied_ai

# Backup database
cp ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db ~/backups/corrections_$(date +%Y%m%d).db

# Database maintenance
sqlite3 ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db "VACUUM; REINDEX; ANALYZE;"

Quarterly: Clean Up

# Archive old history (> 90 days)
sqlite3 ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db "
DELETE FROM correction_history
WHERE run_timestamp < datetime('now', '-90 days');
"

# Reject low-confidence suggestions
sqlite3 ~/.transcript-fixer/corrections.db "
UPDATE learned_suggestions
SET status = 'rejected'
WHERE confidence < 0.6 AND frequency < 3;
"

Next Steps

• See best_practices.md for optimization tips
• See troubleshooting.md for error resolution
• See file_formats.md for database schema
• See script_parameters.md for advanced CLI options