Have you heard that one? Someone saying "a whole 'nother" in place of "a whole other" or "another"? I hear it frequently. The English language really is becoming "a whole…
I have been listening to the dreamiest of voices, almost sexy. She was presenting at a meeting and sounded young and had a beautiful lilt, but spoke with authority and held the attention of others. She knew her stuff and was extremely intelligent, using words that I would probably have to look up to include in my vocab. And then it happened.
I often hear people say, "I'm no good at spelling." Is it possibly just another skill that must be learned through practice, much like any other skill?
'Silos' has been a bit of a buzzword for a while now, as we work increasingly isolated from one another. Wouldn't you just love to know who said that first and how on earth it caught on?
One of my objectives when I transcribe is to have as few [inaudible] *00:00:34 or [over talk] *00:00:35 time stamps, or [I cannot quite understand what the speaker is saying]…
The style of transcription depends greatly on why the transcript is required.
Following is an example of a transcription of a recording of a conversation with a client. Note that there are no stutters, ums or ahs or any external sounds recorded,…
Following is an example of a transcription of a recording of a conversation with a client. Note that there are no ums or ahs or external sounds such as [laughs],…
Following is an example of a transcription of a recording of a conversation with a potential client. Note the inclusion of the external sounds such as [laughs], [pauses] and [sighs],…
I have recently learnt that many transcribers run their audio files through voice recognition software and if it is of poor quality audio, some actually listen to the file and…
