An act, process, or instance of transcribing
- to make a written copy of
- to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (such as a typewriter)
- to paraphrase or summarize in writing
“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new”
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Medical consultants
Medical consultants often operate within their private practice without dedicated secretarial support. The vtva.co.uk team can assist, here. We have, for many years, helped in typing up cause and analysis, medico legal, clinical negligence and expert witness reports. The team are well-versed in many medical terms and, when faced with unfamiliar words/terms, will always proactively research the field.
Academics
Qualitative research academics and students use this service for the transcription of interviews, workshops, seminars and webinars. By having a professionally typed transcript (and we offer full verbatim or intelligent verbatim) instead of an abridged version that you might have hurriedly produced, you can be safe in the knowledge that your analysis software will pick up all the data needed to give accurate results.
Businesses
Business consultants undertaking marketing campaigns find this service very useful for analysing the information offered by respondents in face-to-face interviews and telephone surveys. They also find it useful to have transcripts which they can add to YouTube videos, blogs and webinars when undertaking in-house training or marketing.
Two of the most frequently asked questions for transcription are, “what format can I use?” and “how do I get it to you?”
Recordings can be sent in most audio/video formats as they can then be converted into a format supported by transcription software.
Various file-sharing formats can be used, the most common being Dropbox, Box or WeTransfer and all files/folders can be given passwords on request. Some organisations have their own method of sharing which VTVA is also happy to accept.
Transcripts can be returned using the same file sharing method although some clients prefer them to be emailed. On rare occasions they are returned in the post on password-protected USB drives.