Below are different types of transcription.
Example 1 – Verbatim Interview transcription with slang
This is a full transcript of absolutely everything that is said in the recording.
Include introductory comments at the beginning and closing comments at the end, unless the client states otherwise.
All contractions are typed as said (e.g. don’t and couldn’t), and ‘erms’ and ‘ers’ retained within script.
Verbatim transcription includes every repeated word, every ‘um’ and ‘erm’, all those ‘filler’ phrases like ‘you know’ and ‘know what I mean’ that may be repeated a hundred times in one interview, and can also include pauses, coughs, throat clearing etc.
Slang is used if spoken, such as gonna or wanna or ’cause.
Includes long pauses, short pauses, laughter, coughing. Includes false starts and stutters.
Basically includes everything!
Example 2 – Intelligent Verbatim with Slang
This involves using a common sense approach in order for the final transcript to include all the important and relevant information of the dictation. The bulk of our work is Intelligent Verbatim transcription.
Include introductory comments at the beginning and closing comments at the end, unless the client states otherwise.
In Intelligent Verbatim, we remove all habits of speech, such as ‘erm’, ‘er’, ‘you know’, ‘know what I mean’, etc. (Some may be left in for clarity). Correct speech abbreviations such as can’t, we’re, I’ll, I’ve, etc. to be retained.
Content such as ‘wanna’or ‘gonna’ should be left as such.
It is imperative that everything being said is captured, sentences flow and are punctuated properly. We will leave out false starts and repeated words that don’t add anything of meaning, e.g. ‘Would you…, am I right in understanding that you would-’ only needs to be ‘Am I right in understanding that you would-’ or ‘There are two…, two answers to every question’ only needs to be ‘There are two answers to every question’.
Example 3 – Intelligent Verbatim Without Slang
This involves using a common sense approach in order for the final transcript to include all the important and relevant information of the dictation. The bulk of our work is Intelligent Verbatim transcription.
Include introductory comments at the beginning and closing comments at the end, unless the client states otherwise.
In Intelligent Verbatim, we remove all habits of speech, such as ‘erm’, ‘er’, ‘you know’, ‘know what I mean’, etc. (Some may be left in for clarity). Correct speech abbreviations such as can’t, we’re, I’ll, I’ve, etc. to be retained.
Content such as ‘wanna’or ‘gonna’ should be changed to ‘want to’ and ‘going to’.
It is imperative that everything being said is captured, sentences flow and are punctuated properly. We will leave out false starts and repeated words that don’t add anything of meaning, e.g. ‘Would you…, am I right in understanding that you would-’ only needs to be ‘Am I right in understanding that you would-’ or ‘There are two…, two answers to every question’ only needs to be ‘There are two answers to every question’.
Example 4 – Verbatim interview discourse analysis
Verbatim transcription showing tone, pitch and emotion. Also showing every pause, cough, laughter etc. Short pause will be shown as (.), medium pause (…) and a long pause (…..), (cough), (laughter), (loudly spoken) etc.
Example 5 – Inteligent Verbatim Interview Timecode
We will adhere to the transcription type specified and add time codes as often as the client requests, subject to an additional charge.
