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Your
transcript will contain the following styles and formats, unless
you give us special instructions to do things differently:
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We do not insert superfluous comments, such as um, uh, you
know, uh huh, OK, etc. unless it's essential to the meaning
of what's being said. But if you want a pure verbatim transcript,
where every little word is transcribed, we can do that.
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We typically write out words like wanna, cuz, gonna, etc.
as want to, because, going to, etc. - unless you want us to
do otherwise.
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If harsh four-letter swear words are mentioned in the recording,
we typically will use asterisks or hyphens to represent what
was said, unless you instruct otherwise. But we will write
out mild swear words.
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When there are two speakers - an interviewer and interviewee
- we label the speakers "INTERVIEWER" and "RESPONDENT".
When there are more than one interviewee, we label the second
one as "RESPONDENT 2", etc. For your transcript,
if you prefer that we label the speakers something else, such
as by their initials, their first or last names, or such as
"Q" and "A," please let us know.
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When it is not an interviewee/interviewer format, we typically
label the speakers "SPEAKER 1", SPEAKER 2",
etc. - unless it is easy to determine all of their names,
in which case we will try to label them with their actual
names. Or we may write some distinguishing indicator like
"FEMALE VOICE" or "FOREIGN SPEAKER". Of
course, you or someone familiar with the voices can go through
the transcript and insert the actual names.
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We will customize a format according to your preferences.
For example, if you would like headers and/or footers containing
information about the event transcribed (e.g. name of the
event, date, names of speakers, etc.), we will be happy to
add them.
To
see a sample transcript, click here.
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