- Transcription
should be clean read or intelligent verbatim. This means that the
transcript is edited to remove any fillers/verbal tics, false starts,
repeated words, and other speech/sounds irrelevant to the transcript.
- Use one space after a period.
- Skip false starts and stutters.
- Omit verbal tics such as "you know," "like," "um," "uh," et cetera.
- Don't transcribe thinking noises (if someone is just saying uh-hmm, right, okay, yeah as someone else is talking).
- Slang forms such as "gonna,"
"wanna," "gotta," "alright," "coz," et cetera should NOT be used.
Instead, use "going to," "want to," "got to," "all right," "because,"
et cetera.
- Yeah and yup are accepted.
- Use "okay" instead of "OK."
- Do not expand words when dictated as a contraction. (eg. If the speaker says "haven't," do not transcribe it as "have not.")
- Spell out numbers zero to ten.
- Inaudible/Indiscernible sections should be marked with a blank ___ (three underscores).
- Check spelling and punctuation.
- For interruptions and change of thought, use two hyphens (--).
- For suspended sentences, use ellipsis (...).
- For multiple speakers, identify the speakers by first name. If you can't identify the speakers, use S1, S2, et cetera.
- Use straight quotes not smart quotes.
- Save the transcript in .doc format (not .docx).
