The Media Commons loans out a wide variety of recording equipment, including microphones, mobile media kits, and sound recorders.

Media Commons also has a reservable collection of professional media production kits that are available for a small daily fee. Please visit their site for a full list of available kits and the associated costs.

The IDEA Lab at Grainger Engineering Library loans out a podcasting kit. More information about the kit contents and loan periods are available on their website.

The Music and Performing Arts Library loans out a variety of microphones and recording devices for up to one week. Renewals are available upon request.

The Media Commons manage several one-room recording booths that are equipped with video and audio recording equipment, recording software, and editing software. Recording booths must be reserved in advance on Media Commons' website.

The Media Commons also manages the Video Production Studio, which is ideal for recording audio for larger groups and special projects. Please request a consultation with Media Commons using the form on their site before reserving the space.

The Podcasting 101 LibGuide includes a variety of resources and advice for podcasting, including resources and recommendations for recording and editing audio.

CITL's Media Hub provides media technologies, demonstrations, consultations, and more for instructors creating media.

The following video shows how you can use Google Docs to auto-transcribe audio content. If you use Google Docs, consider changing your sound input settings from "Microphone" to "Stereo" to get a cleaner transcription.

The attached video walks users through how you can use Microsoft Word to select an audio file and auto-transcribe it. University of Illinois affiliates can use their @illinois.edu email account to access Microsoft Word.

New media uploaded to Kaltura - including content uploaded to Mediaspace and Canvas - will automatically have auto-generated captions added to it. You can also request auto-generated captions through Mediaspace.

oTranscribe is a free tool for manually transcribing audio or for editing automatically generated transcripts. Please note that oTranscribe saves transcripts to your browser's local storage, which protects your data, but also means it is not possible to access your saved transcripts from another computer.

Adobe Premiere can automatically generate transcripts in a variety of languages via their "Speech to Text" tool. The full list of language options, as well as a walkthrough for how to use their "Speech to Text" tool, is available at the attached link. University of Illinois affiliates can download Adobe Premiere for free as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud via the U of I Webstore.